Definition of Andrews

1. Noun. United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960).

Exact synonyms: Roy Chapman Andrews
Generic synonyms: Natural Scientist, Naturalist

Definition of Andrews

1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names dot=) derived from Andrew. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Andrews

Andrew's clintonia
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew D. White
Andrew Fielding Huxley
Andrew Huxley
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Marvell
Andrew Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew William Mellon
Andrew Wyeth
Andrews (current term)
Andricus
Andrina
Andromeda
Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda galaxy
Andromeda glaucophylla
Andromeda polifolia
Andropogon
Andropogon furcatus
Andropogon gerardii
Andropogon scoparius
Andropogon virginicus
Andros
Andrzej Wajda

Literary usage of Andrews

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"298—31 St Andrews. The Amateur Championship is of far more recent institution. ... It was a place that the Club at St Andrews did not in the least wish to ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"It was suggested that Andrews should go into Cambridgeshire, to ascertain whether an old plan of his for the surprise of the Isle of Ely were still feasible ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1496 James IV procured the nomination to St. Andrews first of his brother, ... Twelve sees were assigned to St. Andrews as its suffragans, ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1916)
"John Andrews or John Andrews, Sr., to distinguish him from Corporal John Andrews and two others of the same surname who lived at the same time at Ipswich, ..."

5. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"Andrews. Jane. The stories of my four friends: ed. by Margaret Andrews Allen. ... NY Andrews, W: Loring. A trio of eighteenth century French engravers of ..."

6. Transactions by British Veterinary Association, Philological Society (Great Britain), William John Thomas Morton (1868)
"MEMORANDUM concerning the claims of the Doctors of Medicine of St. Andrews to be Members of the General Council of the University. ..."

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