Minuit

[ min-yoo-it ]

noun
  1. Peter, 1580–1638, Dutch colonial administrator in America: director general of the New Netherlands 1626–31.

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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 Samuel
  • Minuit's preparations for defence were not confined to fortifying the land.

    The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene Bolton
  • At midnight, on the 24th December, we heard a so-called Messe de Minuit of Lesueurs composition.

  • Jumpin' 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