Minuit
[ min-yoo-it ]
noun
Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.
- Also Minnewit.
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How to use Minuit in a sentence
Such a refrain as "Ce Minuit dall d'ennui" will boom out again and again the dull monotonous clank of his own weary spirit.
Modernities | Horace Barnett SamuelMinuit's preparations for defence were not confined to fortifying the land.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonAt midnight, on the 24th December, we heard a so-called Messe de Minuit of Lesueurs composition.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis SpohrJumpin' to my feet I made things fly for a Minuit, pilin' up the killed and wounded in a promiscous heap.
Minuit died in 1641, and the Swedish government proceeded to place the colony on a permanent footing, and called it "New Sweden."
The Land We Live In | Henry Mann
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