Minuit

[ min-yoo-it ]

/ ˈmɪn yu ɪt /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Minuit

mint sauce, minty, Minucius Felix, minuend, minuet, Minuit, minus, minuscule, minus cyclophoria, minus sight, minus sign

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.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography|Louis Spohr
Jumpin' to my feet I made things fly for a minuit, pilin' up the killed and wounded in a promiscous heap.
Punchinello Vol. 1, No. 21, August 20, 1870|Various

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