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John Bull
noun
- England; the English people.
- the typical Englishman.
John Bull
noun
- a personification of England or the English people
- a typical Englishman
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Derived Forms
- John Bullish, adjective
- John Bullishness, noun
- John Bullism, noun
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Other Words From
- John Bullish adjective
- John Bullishness noun
- John Bullism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of John Bull1
1705–15; named after John Bull, chief character in Arbuthnot's allegory The History of John Bull (1712)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of John Bull1
C18: name of a character intended to be representative of the English nation in The History of John Bull (1712) by John Arbuthnot
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Example Sentences
In all this he could count on, as we can always count on, good old John Bull.
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Donald has a still cooler head than his neighbour John Bull, and that is saying a good deal.
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Hogarth is the embodiment of John Bull; you can hear him growl, like some savage bull-dog.
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If there is a John Bull on earth who can wear a dress suit with ease and elegance, he has not yet been discovered.
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But the rest of the luncheon, when it came, proved that John Bull was under no necessity of stinting himself.
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A little later, John Bull's short memory is satirized in his protest against the size of his new watch-dog.
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