Jonathanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɒnəθən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑnəθən/
• ハイフネーション: Jon‧a‧than

固有名詞

Jonathan

1. A son of Saul, first mentioned in 1 Samuel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Samuel 18:1:

     :

     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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Maccabees 9:19:

     Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.

3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166:

     “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 - by God, I would, and a calendar month.”

   • 1998 Barbara Vine, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy, →ISBN, page 168:

     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 King. There you are, how about Jonathan King?

関連する語

• nonstandard spellings: Jonathon, Johnathan
• pet forms: Jon, Jonty, Jonny, Nathan

名詞

Jonathan (複数形 Jonathans)

1. An apple cultivar from New York.
   • 2018 October 4, “4H column: Join the Great Lakes Apple Crunch”, in Chillicothe Gazette:

     For example, Jonathans are tart and great for baking.

2. (dated, slang) An American; a Yank; Brother Jonathan.
   • 1822, Lord Byron, The Vision of Judgement, stanza 59:

     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 translate in full,
     As the first Coachman will; and midst the roar
     The voice of Jonathan was heard to express,
     “Our president is going to war, I guess.”—

   • 2014, Francis Hodge, Yankee Theatre: The Image of America on the Stage, 1825–1850:

     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, […]