Andrew

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Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANDREW Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and AndreyCategory:English doublets#ANDREW.

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Proper noun

Andrew (countable and uncountable, plural Andrews)Category:English lemmas#ANDREWCategory:English proper nouns#ANDREWCategory:English uncountable nouns#ANDREWCategory:English countable nouns#ANDREWCategory:English countable nouns#ANDREWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANDREWCategory:Pages with entries#ANDREWCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ANDREW

  1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ANDREW) A male given name from Ancient GreekCategory:English given names#ANDREWCategory:English male given names#ANDREWCategory:English male given names from Ancient Greek#ANDREW.
    • 1890, John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson, Ward and Downey, page 94:
      I like him - I like a man who can be extreme. Depend upon it, Miss Mercer - but what is his first name?" "Andrew." "A good name, though common - there is a possibility of a sound reputation in Andrew Morton, especially if he narrows himself down to a point […]
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    • 1966, Ester Wier, The Barrel, D. McCay Co., page 57:
      "Well, I'd say he ought to have a Scottish name like Andrew or Bruce or Sandy...or...Duncan...or Angus or..." He ticked them off on his fingers as they came to mind.
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    • 1985, Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster, published 2003, →ISBN:
      Lloyd was a piss-ant name. Andrew was better because Andrew was one of the twelve apostles, and anybody with a twelve-apostle name was a good guy. If you were reading a book - which Parker rarely did - and you ran across a guy named Luke, Matthew, Thomas, Peter, Paul, James, like that, you knew right off he was supposed to be a good guy. - - - He would have preferred to be called Andrew, which was his true and honorable middle name.
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    • 2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104:
      "Irina? Call me 'Andy,' please."
      "I think that I would rather call you 'Andrew'."
      This was flattering, somehow. For everyone I knew called me "Andy"―a name comfortable as an old sneaker. There was dignity in "Andrew," and a kind of depth, complexity. Perhaps I began to fall in love with Irina Kacinzk for seeing more in me than I saw in myself at the time.
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    • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎:
      The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.
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    • 2024 April 19, Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, “USC calls off speaker appearances at 2024 commencement after canceling its Muslim valedictorian’s speech”, in CNN‎:
      “Over the past several days, discussion relating to the selection of our valedictorian has taken on an alarming tenor,” USC Provost Andrew Guzman said in an online campus-wide letter dated April 15. “The intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, has grown to include many voices outside of USC and has escalated to the point of creating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement.”
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  2. The first Apostle in the New Testament.
  3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ANDREW) A Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymicCategory:English surnames#ANDREWCategory:English surnames from patronymics#ANDREW.
  4. A placename:
    1. A village in Lamont County, Alberta, CanadaCategory:en:Villages in Alberta, Canada#ANDREWCategory:en:Villages in Canada#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in Alberta, Canada#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in Canada#ANDREW.
    2. A town in Jackson County, Iowa, United StatesCategory:en:Towns in Iowa, USA#ANDREWCategory:en:Towns in the United States#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in Iowa, USA#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in the United States#ANDREW.
    3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United StatesCategory:en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in West Virginia, USA#ANDREWCategory:en:Places in the United States#ANDREW.
  5. (UKCategory:British English#ANDREW, naval slangCategory:English slang#ANDREW) The Royal Navy.

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