Andrew Miller

English Alternative forms en Andrew Millar Etymology 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.Andrew Miller n 325783 September 2022 Proper noun en chiefly UK naval _ slang The Royal Navy; service in the Navy. en 1826 Matthew Henry Barker Greenwich hospital 2 He wont do for Andrew Millar, for he's mair like unto a cuckoo clock-maker than a Jack tar. en 1906 W. H. Blake The Adventures of a Naval Chief Gunner https://books.google.pl/books?redir_esc=y&id=-ytEAAAAYAAJ&dq=W.+H.+Blake+Adventures+Naval+Chief+Gunner&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=miller 5 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’. en 1984 Kenneth Poolman Chanter R.N. 151 I'm not a flight sergeant, we don't have 'em in the Andrew Miller. Noun en chiefly UK naval _ slang obsolete A warship. en 1850 1850 Herman Melville White-Jacket IV https://archive.org/details/whitejacket1855hermanmelville/page/n27/mode/2up 24 And what did you know, you bumpkin! before you came on board this Andrew Miller? References en eponyms