James
WordNet
noun
(1) A New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
(2) A river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
(3) A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
(4) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
(5) Writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
(6) United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
(7) United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)
(8) The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625)
(9) The last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
(10) A Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
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Etymology
The English New Testament form of Jacob, through the variation James of the Iacomus, dialect variant of Iacobus, from (Iacōbos), from (Iacōb), from יעקב (Yaʻaqov).
Proper noun
- A book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
- One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
- popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
Quotations
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- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- 1810 Walter Scott, The Lady of the Lake:
- And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause.
- 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.