Brother Jonathan Definition

noun
The United States or its people personified: predecessor of Uncle Sam.
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pronoun

The national personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations.

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Origin of Brother Jonathan

  • Said to have originated from George Washington referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, by this name.

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Brother Jonathan Sentence Examples

  • There he passed the next twelve years, becoming in 1785, through the retirement of his cousin, joint manager of the school with his elder brother Jonathan.

  • If in his brother Jonathan it did not possess so brilliant a soldier, it had in him an astute diplomatist who knew how to exploit the internal troubles of Syria.

  • This time he left the writing to his brother Jonathan Nolan, while he sat in director's chair once again.

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