Andrew Price | |
Also known as: | Arf, Peanut |
Age: | probably 16 |
Gender: | Male |
Occupation: | School student |
Friends/Family: | Father: Simon Mother: Ruth Brother: Paul Friends: Niamh Fairbrother, Siobhan Fairbrother, Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon |
Home Town: | Pagford |
Andrew Price is a teenager and one of the main characters in the novel. He is initially the best friend of Fats, a frendship which begins to break up by the end of the novel as they both realise that they don't have as much in common as they thought. Andrew suffers from a potentially-lethal peanut allergy, hence his nickname "Peanut". His main nickname, "Arf", is almost certainly from the expression "half-price"; it is also possible that his middle name, if he has one (we're not told), is Arthur.
Etymology[]
"Andrew" is an Anglicisation of the Greek name Ανδρέας "Andreas", which in turn is derived from the Greek ἀνδρός "andros" meaning "man" (specifically, a male human); it thus means "manly" or "virile", hence is a cognate of Fergus.
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