Usually means: Personification of New England character.
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  1. Brother Jonathan: Merriam-Webster
  2. Brother Jonathan: Wordnik
  3. Brother Jonathan: Wiktionary
  4. Brother Jonathan: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Brother Jonathan, brother jonathan: Dictionary.com
  6. Brother Jonathan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Brother Jonathan (newspaper), Brother Jonathan (steamer), Brother Jonathan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Brother Jonathan: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. brother jonathan: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Brother Jonathan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Brother Jonathan: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Brother Jonathan: Encyclopedia

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  1. Brother Jonathan: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Brother Jonathan)

noun:  The personification and emblem of New England. He is also an allegory of capitalism and transcendent aspirations, and, in the past, has occasionally been the national personification of the entire United States.

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