Andrew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn'dro͞o
ipa: /ˈæn.dɹuː/
other: [ˈeᵊnˌd̠ɹ̠ʷ˔ʊ̈u]
other: [ˈænˌd̠ɹ̠ʷ˔ʊ̈u]
rhymes: -ændɹuː
Forms: form: Andrews
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas), cognate with ἀνδρεῖος (andreîos, “manly”), both from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). Doublet of André, Andreas, Andrei, and Andrey.
Senses: examples: text: 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 […]
ref: 1890, John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson, Ward and Downey, page 94:
text: "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.
ref: 1966, Ester Wier, The Barrel, D. McCay Co., page 57:
text: 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.
ref: 1985, Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster, published 2003, →ISBN:
text: "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.
ref: 2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, →ISBN, page 104:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
text: “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.”
ref: 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:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
examples: text: One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:40-41:
glosses: The first Apostle in the New Testament.
glosses: A Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A town in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
examples: text: A common British catch phrase is, "You shouldn't have joined Andrew if you couldn't take a joke."
ref: 1984, Robert Hendrickson, Salty Words, page 19:
text: “Me muvver always said I should a joined the Andrew.” (Royal Navy.)
ref: 2011, Johannes H. L. Bosman, The Plough & the Sword, page 257:
topics: government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: The Royal Navy.
Derived terms: Andrew County
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Millar
Andrew Miller
Andrews
Andy
Drew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrews
St. Andrews
St Andrews
St. Andrewstide
Thorpe St Andrew
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Andy
sense: pet forms
word: Dandy
sense: pet forms
word: Drew
word: Andrea
word: Anders
word: Anderson
word: Andison
word: Andre
word: Andree
word: Andress
word: Andrewes
word: Andrews
word: Andrus
word: Dand
word: Dandie
word: Dandy
word: Danson
word: Drew
word: Drewe
word: Drews
word: Enderson
word: Gillanders
word: Kendrew
word: MacAndrew
word: McAndrew
word: McAndrews
word: Tancock
word: Tandy