JAMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does James mean? 

• JAMES (noun)
  The noun JAMES has 10 senses:

1. 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)

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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

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

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

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

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

10. a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle

  Familiarity information: JAMES used as a noun is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; James IV

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

Holonyms ("James" is a member of...):

Stuart (the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; James II

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("James" is a member of...):

Stuart (the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; James I; King James; King James I

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("James" is a member of...):

Stuart (the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; Jesse James

Instance hypernyms:

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Sense 5

Meaning:

United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; William James

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry James; James

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 7

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James; Saint James; Saint James the Apostle; St. James; St. James the Apostle

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 8

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

James; James River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("James" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Sense 9

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

James; James River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("James" is a part of...):

N.D.; ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada)

Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Epistle of James; James

Instance hypernyms:

Epistle (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)

Holonyms ("James" is a part of...):

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

 Context examples 

Mr. James and myself have been abroad with the young woman, ever since she left Yarmouth under Mr. James's protection.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is following up with atmospheric observations, and the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to probe potential atmospheres in further detail.

(Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet, NASA)

A standardized questionnaire developed by James F. Fries in 1983, which is originally used to measure outcome in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

(Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

But now, the matter has taken the strangest turn of all; for this young lady, the same Miss Musgrove, instead of being to marry Frederick, is to marry James Benwick.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Godfrey is an orphan, and Lord Mount-James is his nearest relative—his uncle, I believe.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I think, therefore, that there can be no doubt that we are now looking upon the remains of this James Colver.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Both studies help pave the way for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2019.

(New Clues to TRAPPIST-1 Planet Compositions, Atmospheres, NASA)

“If the husband’s name was James, and the other was Henry, what was this talk about David?”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The same post brought me a letter from Westhouse & Marbank, of Fenchurch Street, to say that the description tallied in every respect with that of their employé, James Windibank. Voilà tout!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)