noun
Usage: usually capitalized J&B
Etymology: after John Bull, a character supposed to typify the English nation in The History of John Bull, a satire by John Arbuthnot died 1735 Scottish physican and writer
1. : the English nation personified : the English people
John Bull had been weakened by the war — F.A.Magruder
2. : a typical or average Englishman
a pipe-smoking John Bull astride a bicycle
he was John Bull in a Benedictine robe — Shane Leslie
• john bull·ish -ˈbu̇lish adjective , usually capitalized J&B
• john bull·ish·ness noun , usually capitalized J&B
• john bull·ism -ˈbu̇ˌlizəm noun , usually capitalized J&B