personification of England or an Englishman
Origin of John Bull
title character in John Arbuthnot's History of John Bull (1712)John Bull
John BullWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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John Bull
noun
- A personification of England or the English.
- A typical Englishman.
Origin of John Bull
After John Bull , a character in Law Is a Bottomless Pit by John ArbuthnotTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- A personification of England
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