Brother Jonathan

American  

noun

British Archaic.

1. a male native or resident of the United States.

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Example Sentences

The name “Jonathan” was taken from a caricature called Brother Jonathan, a precursor of Uncle Sam, an unmannered, forthright, patriotic New Englander.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

As a figure, Brother Jonathan was an enterprising, if crafty, businessman.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2022

But there was another figure resembling Uncle Sam called Brother Jonathan who emerged earlier.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

He replaced Brother Jonathan, a New Englander, as an American icon in the early 19th century after an article circulated in the May 12, 1830, New York Gazette.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2015

Brother Jonathan and John Bull," she says, "have the same father, but not the same mother.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport