John Bull

English thumb|World War I recruiting poster featuring John Bull Etymology Introduced by John Arbuthnot Dr. John Arbuthnot. Proper noun John Bull A personification of England. en Johnny Canuck Uncle Sam en December 27, 1862 Charles Dickens Charles Dickens One Grand Tour Deserves Another w:All the Year Round 378 http://books.google.com/books?id=13VdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA378 How much longer are we English to assist foreign nations in misunderstanding us, by holding up that ridiculous lay-figure of our race known by the style and title of John Bull? en by extension Something or someone that is stereotypically English. The Foreigner At Home 3 In spite of these promptings to reflection, ignorance of his neighbours is the character of the typical John Bull. His is a domineering nature, steady in fight, imperious to command, but neither curious nor quick about the life of others. en 1958 October Liverpool to London in 1842 Railway Magazine 682 "In the coach in which I rode, there was a vacant seat till our arrival in Birmingham. Leaving Birmingham I found it filled with a fat Englishman, in drab breeches and gaiter boots, the finest specimen of a thorough John Bull that I had seen—weight about sixteen stone. He wore two top coats, a broad brimmed hat, and an enormous red travelling shawl, behind the folds of which his portly double chin was entirely hidden. en The Other British Isles David W. Moore 2005 183 0786464348 Thatched cottages, manors, old mills, venerable churches and wooded lanes personify a John Bull fancy, neatly tucked into gentle hill folds. en The Villa at the Edge of the Empire Fiona Farrell 2015 52 9781775537519 Next door to all that noble intention stood a bluff old John Bull of a hotel, Warners, now a pub and backpackers, and next to that, until 1993, a cinema, the last of several that had sprung up around the Square as temples of modernity. Derived terms en John Bullish John Bullism Translations personification of the UK government Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 約翰牛 Yuēhàn Niú German: de John Bull m Hindi: hi जॉन बुल m Irish: ga Seán Buí m Japanese: ja ジョン・ブル Jon-Buru Korean: ko ^존 ^불 Russian: ru Джон Булль m, ru Джон Булл m en England Personifications United Kingdom