Andrew Miller

proper noun

The Royal Navy; service in the Navy.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Andrew Millar

  1. UKslanggovernmentThe Royal Navy; service in the Navy.

    I'm not a flight sergeant, we don't have 'em in the Andrew Miller.

    1984, Kenneth Poolman, Chanter R.N., page 151
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    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
nounAndrew Miller (plural Andrew Millers)

plural Andrew Millers · alternative Andrew Millar

  1. UKobsoleteslanggovernmentA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
andrew

Origin

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.

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APA

Andrew Miller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andrew%20Miller

MLA

“Andrew Miller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andrew%20Miller. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Andrew Miller,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Andrew%20Miller.

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