Brother Jonathan
Meanings
name
- 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.
Word forms
Etymology
Said to have originated from George Washington referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, by this name.
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