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andrew | dean |

As a proper noun andrew

is the first apostle in the new testament.

As a verb dean is

do.

As a noun dean is

dean.

andrew

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • 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 his own brother and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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  • * 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 , 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.
  • A village in Alberta, Canada
  • A city in Iowa
  • An unincorporated community in West Virginia

    • Related terms

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

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    dean

    English

    (wikipedia dean)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science'') or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the ''dean of students ).
  • A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canon.
  • The senior member of some group of people.
    • dean of the diplomatic corps - a country's most senior ambassador
    dean of the House - the longest-serving member of a legislature
  • * 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 67:
    • All of the switchboard operators had been parties to it, including Marie Willis. Their dean , Alice Hart, collected
  • (Sussex) a hill (chiefly place names).

    • Related terms

    * decanal

    Derived terms

    * dean and chapter * deaness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To serve as a dean.
  • To send (a student) to see the dean of a university.

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