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André

[ ahn-drey an-dree; French ahn-drey ]

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 male given name, French form of Andrew.


André

/ ˈɑːndreɪ; ˈændrɪ /

noun

  1. AndréJohn17511780MBritishMILITARY: soldier 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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In 1953, Les Cahiers devoted an issue to Hitchcock, including an interview conducted by André Bazin, the editor of the magazine.

The next morning, Apollinaire went to an editor at the Paris-Journal named André Salmon.

“At some point, I just thought of André Benjamin because he looks like Jimi,” says Ridley.

Soon-Yi was the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and André Previn.

Over four decades in the fashion industry, André Leon Talley has established himself as a true tour-de-force.

Jimmy was commissioned to anglicize a proper proposal and André spent hours in repeating the verbiage as taught.

André sought out Jimmy Quick, who had toured France and could make himself understood.

And to give the matter a modern and adult finish, it turned out that André already had a wife and child in France.

An interview was necessary, and André sailed up the river in the Vulture sloop, and met Arnold secretly on the night of the 21st.

André was tried by a court-martial consisting of fourteen general officers, and was sentenced to death as a spy.

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