Jonathan

An apple cultivar from New York.

Proper noun

  1. A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
    • And it came to pass, when he had made an end to speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
  2. Jonathan Apphus, a son of Mattathias, brother of Joannan Caddis, Simon Thassi, Judas Maccabeus and Eleazar Avara.
    • Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 9:19:
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
    • “Well indeed,” said Foley, “’tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her. If any woman up and called me an outlandish name like Jonathan when everyone knew my name was plain John I’d do fourteen days for her -...
    • So I’d change to names I really like. I mean, Jonathan. If I ever have a son I’m going to call him Jonathan, so I’d have that. And then I like monosyllabic surnames that aren’t too common, so I’d have Dean or Bell or...
    • It is billed as a one-way trip, which by definition will make the Most Interesting Man, played till now by 77-year-old Jonathan Goldsmith, no longer the most interesting man in this world. - 2016 March 10, Phil...
  4. A surname from Hebrew.

Origin

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].

Forms

Jonathans

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Jonathon Johnathan Jon Jonty Jonny Nathan

Noun

  1. An apple cultivar from New York.
    • For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking. - 2018 October 4, “4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch”, in Chillicothe Gazette:
  2. An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
    • Here crashed a sturdy oath of stout John Bull, Who damned away his eyes as heretofore; There Paddy brogued “By Jasus!”—“What’s your Wull?” The temperate Scot exclaimed; the French Ghost swore In certain terms I shan’t...
    • The best single source of comment on Marble's capacities as a low comedian, as with the other Yankees, is the record of his London reception. […] One viewer thought it was not as outrageous as Jonathans usually are, […]...
  3. penis

    Synonyms: anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode chopper cigar cock corey crank cucumber custard launcher D dick dicklet diddle diddly dingaling

Forms

Jonathans