André

American  

[ahn-drey, an-dree, ahn-drey] / ˈɑn dreɪ, ˈæn dri, ɑ̃ˈdreɪ /

noun

1. 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.

2. a first name, French form of Andrew.

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André British  

/ ˈɑːndreɪ, ˈændrɪ /

noun

1. John. 1751–80, British major who was hanged as a spy for conspiring with Benedict Arnold during the War of American Independence

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André

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

Diogo Jota, forward for Liverpool and Portugal soccer teams, dies in a car crash in Spain with brother André Silva, a player in Portugal’s second-tier league.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

J. André Lavoie, 63, a former SpaceX engineer, left over a decade ago but still holds a stake worth more than $28 million at the IPO price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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

André, using his copy of the book, would decode the numbers.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen