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Andrew   /ˈændru/   Listen
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Andrew  n.  
1.
One of the twelve apostles of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
Synonyms: Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle.





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"Andrew" Quotes from Famous Books



... of mind, Andrew Windybank strode up the high street of the town. Few of the townsfolk gave him a good-day; he was not a popular personage. For one thing, he was a Littledean man and not of the river-side; his family was purse-proud and tyrannical; ...
— Sea-Dogs All! - A Tale of Forest and Sea • Tom Bevan
... wild wolf or the tame dog is the happier animal. The truth would seem to be that wolf and dog alike can be thoroughly happy each in its own way; whereas each would be as thoroughly miserable, if forced to live the life of the other. In one of his most brilliant passages Andrew Lang, after contrasting the mental condition of one of our most distant ancestors with yours or mine, by no means to our disadvantage, concludes with these words: 'And after all he was probably as happy as we are; ...
— Progress and History • Various
... a job to be done on Andrew Rae of Rae & Sturmash, coal owners near this place. You will remember that your lodge owes us a return, having had the service of two brethren in the matter of the patrolman last fall. You will send two good men, they ...
— The Valley of Fear • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... reflection, induced to believe, that before he plunged into the sea of politics, he had occasionally figured in the character of that facetious droll, who accompanies your itinerant physicians, under the familiar appellation of Merry-Andrew, or Jack-Pudding, and on a wooden stage entertains the populace with a solo on the saltbox, or a sonata on the tongs and gridiron. Be that as it may, the young lawyer seemed to be a little discomposed at the glancing ...
— The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves • Tobias Smollett
... charge, young gentleman," Andrew Jackson said, "and one that I shall call upon you to justify in the law courts. Men are not to be charged with criminal actions even by young gentlemen of good ...
— With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War • G. A. Henty


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