Johnny Appleseedn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɒnɪ ˈaplsiːd/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɑni ˈæp(ə)lˌsid/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Johnny Appleseed

Etymology: < Johnny Appleseed, the nickname of John Chapman (1774–1845), U.S. pioneer nurseryman and folk hero who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Chiefly U.S.

A person likened to Johnny Appleseed, esp. in introducing a practice, activity, idea, etc., to a wider group of people.

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1909 Weekly Clintonian (Clinton, Indiana) 10 Dec. There is need of a new school of Johnny Appleseeds, a new army of pomological patriots who shall make neglected lands bloom with apple blossoms.

1939 Washington Post 4 Mar. 17/1 He [sc. Alexander Cartwright] formed baseball clubs wherever his prairie schooner stopped... He was the Johnny Appleseed of baseball.

1969 Change in Higher Educ. 1 24/2 Miami-Dade [College] staffers think of themselves as educational Johnny Appleseeds.

1993 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. i. 18/1 Acting as a kind of high-tech Johnny Appleseed, he has been conducting workshops around the country to teach people to build their own radio transmitters.

2012 J. W. Kirshon Amer. Cent. xxix. 478 Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music,..has always wanted the whole world to sing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	johnny appleseed
释义	Johnny Appleseedn. Brit. /ˌdʒɒnɪ ˈaplsiːd/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑni ˈæp(ə)lˌsid/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Johnny Appleseed Etymology: < Johnny Appleseed, the nickname of John Chapman (1774–1845), U.S. pioneer nurseryman and folk hero who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Chiefly U.S. A person likened to Johnny Appleseed, esp. in introducing a practice, activity, idea, etc., to a wider group of people. ΚΠ 1909 Weekly Clintonian (Clinton, Indiana) 10 Dec. There is need of a new school of Johnny Appleseeds, a new army of pomological patriots who shall make neglected lands bloom with apple blossoms. 1939 Washington Post 4 Mar. 17/1 He [sc. Alexander Cartwright] formed baseball clubs wherever his prairie schooner stopped... He was the Johnny Appleseed of baseball. 1969 Change in Higher Educ. 1 24/2 Miami-Dade [College] staffers think of themselves as educational Johnny Appleseeds. 1993 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. i. 18/1 Acting as a kind of high-tech Johnny Appleseed, he has been conducting workshops around the country to teach people to build their own radio transmitters. 2012 J. W. Kirshon Amer. Cent. xxix. 478 Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music,..has always wanted the whole world to sing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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