john bull

1. 1.

   a man of English descent

   Synonymslimey

   BroaderEnglishman

Questions about john bull

What does john bull mean?

john bull means "a man of English descent".

What is another word for john bull?

Close synonyms include limey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john bull a common word?

john bull is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.