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Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller proper noun: the Royal Navy; service in the Navy.

Proper noun

Andrew Miller

  1. (UK, slang) The Royal Navy; service in the Navy.
    • He wont do for Andrew Millar, for he's mair like unto a cuckoo clock-maker than a Jack tar.1826, Matthew Henry Barker, Greenwich hospital, page 2
    • Since those days I have met scores of men who have deserted from Her Majesty's Army and Navy, and every one of them, without exception, curses the day he left the service, or, as the seamen term it, ‘Andrew Miller’.1906, W. H. Blake, The Adventures of a Naval Chief Gunner, page 5

Noun

Andrew Miller (plural Andrew Millers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A warship.
    • And what did you know, you bumpkin! before you came on board this Andrew Miller?1850, Herman Melville, chapter IV, in White-Jacket, published 1850, page 24

Forms of Andrew Miller

Proper noun
alternative formAndrew Millar
Noun
pluralAndrew Millers

Origin of Andrew Miller

Sometimes said to originate from the name of an 18th-century Lieutenant named Andrew Millar, famed for impressing many people into naval service; however, there is no evidence such a person existed.

Questions about Andrew Miller

What does Andrew Miller mean?
Andrew Miller means the Royal Navy; service in the Navy.
What part of speech is Andrew Miller?
Andrew Miller can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Andrew Miller in the dictionary

  1. Andrew
  2. Andrew County
  3. Andrew Jackson
  4. Andrew Jacksons
  5. Andrew Millar
  6. Andrew Miller
  7. Andrew Millers
  8. Andrew Taint
  9. Andrewmas
  10. Andrews
  11. Andrews County

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