Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petrus_stuyvesant

1 sense of petrus stuyvesant

Sense 1
Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus Stuyvesant -- (the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672))
       INSTANCE OF=> administrator, executive -- (someone who manages a government agency or department)