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What (who) is john bull - definition
NATIONAL PERSONIFICATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
John bull; The History of John Bull; History of John Bull; Bull, John
john bull
(Colloq.)
1.
English nation, England.
2.
Englishman.
John Bull
¦ noun a personification of England or the typical Englishman.
Origin
C18: a character in John Arbuthnot's satire Law is a Bottomless Pit; or, the History of John Bull (1712).
John Bull (general)
(1731-1824)
John Bull (general)
John Bull was born on June 1, 1731 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania and held the rank of Colonel in Pennsylvania's 2nd Regiment during the American Revolution. He is the son of Thomas Bull and Elizabeth Rossiter.
Wikipedia
John Bull
John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man. He originated in satirical works of the early 18th century and would come to stand for "English liberty" in opposition to revolutionaries. He was popular through the 18th and 19th centuries until the time of the First World War, when he generally stopped being seen as representative of the "common man".
Examples of use of john bull
1. "Did the watermen‘s . . . lobbying head off major crab regulation cutbacks? . . . Yes," said John Bull, a spokesman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
2. There, encapsulated in that lapidary half–sentence, you have all the fear and loathing of honest John Bull for the fancy intellectual.
3. Under the deal Young‘s beer will be brewed at Wells‘s modern 16–acre site in Bedford alongside Bombardier and other Wells brands such as John Bull.
4. There was, inevitably, a bit of foot stamping when the chefs felt they were being treated as jumped–up servants by their thick–necked John Bull masters.
5. The connection between us seems to have become a hopelessly one–sided one in which John Bull is slavishly loyal and Uncle Sam is high–handed and ungrateful.