André
Americannoun
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John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
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a first name, French form of Andrew.
noun
Example Sentences
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The production reunites the original Broadway cast — André De Shields, Patrick Page, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada and Amber Gray — six years after the show debuted and swept the Tonys in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Just after midnight July 3, 2025, Jota and his brother, André Silva, died in a single-car crash, near Zamora, Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The study, "SLAMF6 as a drug-targetable suppressor of T cell immunity against cancer," by André Veillette and colleagues, was published in Nature.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
Alex and André said someone from the Crown Prosecution Service had leaked a letter to them which revealed a series of failings, meaning opportunities were missed to stop Napper earlier.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
André did not like the cover story, but he went along with the plan.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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