| james | (n) 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), Syn. James IV |
| james | (n) the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701), Syn. James II |
| james | (n) 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), Syn. King James I, James I, King James |
| james | (n) 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), Syn. Jesse James |
| james | (n) United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910), Syn. William James |
| james | (n) writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916), Syn. Henry James |
| james | (n) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament, Syn. St. James, Saint James, St. James the Apostle, Saint James the Apostle |
| james | (n) a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads, Syn. James River |
| james | (n) a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri, Syn. James River |
| james bay | (n) the southern extension of Hudson Bay in Canada between western Quebec and northeastern Ontario |
| James | prop. n.
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| Jamesonia | prop. n. A genus of xerophytic ferns of South America. |
| Jamesonite | n. [ From |
| James's powder | (Med.) Antimonial powder, first prepared by |
| Jamestown weed | (Bot.) The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at ☞ This name is often corrupted into jimson, jimpson, and gympsum. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Jamesflamingo { m } [ ornith. ] | James' Flamingo [Add to Longdo] |
| Jamesonlappen-schnäpper { m } [ ornith. ] | Jameson's Wattle-eye [Add to Longdo] |