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Brother Jonathan 
a personification of the United States.
See also: Jonathan (def. 1)
- 1811 . . . so great is the terror of Brother Jonathan at another visit from General Brock that . . . they . . . scuttled fifty large boats. . . .
- 1813 . . . Jonathan is said to have taken all that came into his fangs without discrimination.
- 1962 Big-Brother Jonathan is no longer friendly Uncle Sam to us, but our landlord, adviser and stern disciplinarian.
- 1811 . . . so great is the terror of Brother Jonathan at another visit from General Brock that . . . they . . . scuttled fifty large boats. . . .