WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Minuit n 1: Dutch colonist who bought Manhattan from the Native Americans for the equivalent of $24 (1580-1638) [syn: Minuit, Peter Minuit, Minnewit, Peter Minnewit]The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
MINUIT A program for function minimisation and error analysis. (1994-10-31)