Jonathan

Jonathan
Jonathan masc. proper name, biblical son of Saul, from Heb. Yonathan, short for Yehonathan, lit. "the Lord has given" (Cf. NATHAN (Cf. Nathan)). As a pre-Uncle Sam emblem of the United States, sometimes personified as Brother Jonathan, it dates from 1816, said to have been applied by Washington to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull Sr. of Connecticut (1710-1785), to whom he sometimes turned for advice (Cf. 2 Sam. i:26); hence "a New Englander," and eventually "an American." As a variety of red apple it dates from 1831, so called because it was introduced in the U.S.

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  • Jonathan [1] — Jonathan (Bruder J., engl. Brother J., spr. dschónnäthän), Spitzname der Unions Nordamerikaner, dem John Bull der Engländer nachgebildet, angeblich nach Jonathan Trumbull, Gouverneur von Connecticut, zur Zeit des nordamerikanischen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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