Definition of "Andrew"

Andrew

/ˈæn.dɹuː/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Andrews
1. (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  Quotations
  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 […]
  1890, John Davidson, Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson, Ward and Downey, page 94
  "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 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.
  1985, Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster, published 2003
  "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.
  2015, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack of Spades, Head of Zeus, page 104
2. The first Apostle in the New Testament.
  Quotations
  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.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], John 1:40-41
3. (countable) A Scottish and English surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A placename
  1. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  2. A city in Iowa, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
5. (UK, naval slang) The Royal Navy.
  Quotations
  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