Andrew

Proper noun

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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...
   • "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. - 1966, Ester Wier, The Barrel, D. McCay Co., page 57:
   • 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...
2. The first Apostle in the New Testament.
   • 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. -...
3. A Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A placename:

   1. A village in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.

   2. A town in Jackson County, Iowa, United States.

   3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.

5. The Royal Navy.
   • A common British catch phrase is, "You shouldn't have joined Andrew if you couldn't take a joke." - 1984, Robert Hendrickson, Salty Words, page 19:
   • “Me muvver always said I should a joined the Andrew.” (Royal Navy.) - 2011, Johannes H. L. Bosman, The Plough & the Sword, page 257:

   Synonyms: Andrew Millar Andrew Miller