james

Noun

• a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle

• a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri

• a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads

• (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament

• writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)

• United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

• 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)

• 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)

• the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)

• 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)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Epistle of James , James , James River , Saint James , St. James , Saint James the Apostle , St. James the Apostle , Henry James , William James , Jesse James , James I , King James , King James I , James II , James IV