Andros

American  

[an-druhs] / ˈæn drəs /

noun

1. Sir Edmund, 1637–1714, British governor in the American colonies, 1686–89, 1692–98.

2. the largest island in the Bahamas, in the W part of the group. 1,600 sq. mi. (4,144 sq. km).

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Andros British  

/ ˈændrəs /

noun

1. an island in the Aegean Sea, the northernmost of the Cyclades: long famous for wine. Capital: Andros. Pop: 10 009 (2001). Area: about 311 sq km (120 sq miles)

2. an island in the N Caribbean, the largest of the Bahamas. Pop: 7686 (2000). Area: 4144 sq km (1600 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Sir Edmond Andros, royal governor of the Dominion of New England, usually ruled from his seat in Boston, but on a visit to Connecticut in the autumn of 1687 he discovered local authorities had appointed Nov. 3 as a day of public thanksgiving.

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Andros immediately sought to annul the move on grounds that only he had the authority to name a thanksgiving day.

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Meanwhile, ministers of churches in Massachusetts met during Andros’s absence and named Nov. 17 as Thanksgiving.

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Andros returned to Boston on Nov. 16 and revoked the ministers’ proclamation.

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Selecting a Thanksgiving day was a royal prerogative, he declared, accorded solely to him as the representative of the Catholic King James II. Andros named Dec. 1 as Thanksgiving Day for all New England.

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