Andrew
['ændru:]
Definition
(noun.) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland.
Typist: Rosanna--From WordNet
Examples
- Bates, Manager of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph for Robert Garrett; and Andrew Carnegie, the greatest ironmaster the world has ever known, as well as its greatest philanthropist. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Then I dressed myself as neat as I could, and went to Andrew Bradford, the printer's. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A few days later a young man named Andrew Dritzhn called at Gutenberg’s shop, and asked if he might come and learn the lapidary’s trade. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There is, also, some probability in the view propounded by Andrew Knight, that this variability may be partly connected with excess of food. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here I met for the first time Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The University of St. Andrew, in Scotland, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This is Saint Andrew's day with us, we are taking our tithes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The same sturdy pioneer stock that gave America Daniel Boone and Lincoln, Robert Fulton and Andrew Jackson, produced the inventor of the reaper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrews, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Supplementing the story of Mr. Andrews is that of Lieut. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Andrews and I worked in collaboration until the night of the third. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Andrews, containing suggestions as to future stations, part of which related to the various employees and their duties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- About that time Mr. Andrews and I came together. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Andrews skipped from under; he obeyed orders; I did not. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Calling on his nearest friend the next morning for even a pair of suspenders, Mr. Andrews was met with regrets of inability, because the burglars had also been there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Andrews, which was accepted by Mr. Edison as the best of the devices suggested, and was developed and used for a great many years afterward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Andrews, had resigned in 1870 in order to go to England to introduce the stock ticker in London. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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