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Proper noun

Andrew

1. The first Apostle in the New Testament.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), John 1:40-41::

     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.

2. A male given name.
   • 1890 John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson, Ward and Downey 1890, 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 - - -

   • 1966 Ester Wier, The Barrel, D. McCay Co. 1966, 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.

   • 1985 Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster 2003, ISBN 074346690X, page 138-139:

     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.

3. A patronymic surname​.
4. A village in Alberta, Canada
5. A city in Iowa
6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia

Related terms

• (pet forms): Andy, Dandy, Drew
• (feminine form): Andrea

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• wander
• warden
• warned