Noun: Jonathan
| Singular | Jonathan |
| Plural | Jonathans |
Sample Sentences
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For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking. [2018 October 4, “4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch”, in Chillicothe Gazette:]
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Here crashed a sturdy oath of stout John Bull,
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Who damned away his eyes as heretofore;
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There Paddy brogued “By Jasus!”—“What’s your Wull?”
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The temperate Scot exclaimed; the French Ghost swore
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In certain terms I shan’t translate in full,
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As the first Coachman will; and midst the roar
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The voice of Jonathan was heard to express,
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“Our president is going to war, I guess.”— [1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 59:]
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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, […] [2014, Francis Hodge, Yankee Theatre: The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850:]
Nouns inflected like Jonathan
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוֹנָתָן (yəhōnāṯān), יוֹנָתָן (yōnāṯān, literally “God has given”), apparently with influence from Aramaic [Term?].
Verbs referencing "Jonathan"
Romanian Nouns
ionatan.