Brother Jonathan

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English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Brother Jonathan

Seated white man with too-short striped pants, too-tight vest and jacket, and a top hat
Brother Jonathan from an 1852 political cartoon
  1. The personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations, and, in the past, has occasionally been the national personification of the entire United States.

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