Jonathan
['dʒɑnəθən]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. People of the United States, the United States as a nation.
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Definition
n. the people of the United States collectively or a typical specimen Brother Jonathan.
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Examples
- Bob Glamour, William Williams, and Jonathan of the no surname, all shake hands with one another round, and with the doctor too. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Or a Jonathan apple as you bit into it? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As to being dictated to by you, or any Jack, Jem, or Jonathan on earth, I shall not suffer it for a moment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Jonathan Hulls and Oliver Evans (1789) had stern wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This fact was discovered to the world by Dr. _Jonathan Swift_, to whom _Sir William Temple_ had intrusted the publication of his works. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Jonathan Hulls patented in England in 1736 a marine steam engine, and in 1737 published a description of a Newcomen engine applied to his system for towing ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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