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JAMES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
Synonyms:
Epistle of James; James
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
Synonyms:
James; James River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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 3
Meaning:
A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
Synonyms:
James; James River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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 4
Meaning:
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
Synonyms:
James; Saint James; Saint James the Apostle; St. James; St. James the Apostle
Classified under:
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 5
Meaning:
Writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
Synonyms:
Henry James; James
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 6
Meaning:
United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
Synonyms:
James; William James
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)
Sense 7
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)
Synonyms:
James; Jesse James
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Sense 8
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)
Synonyms:
James; James I; King James; King James I
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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 9
Meaning:
The last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
Synonyms:
James; James II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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 10
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)
Synonyms:
James; James IV
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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)
Context examples:
A decade-long research, led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, involved extensive laboratory tests at Queensland University of Technology as well as field trials in north Queensland.
(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Additional observations, including from NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, will help to confirm the true nature of 55 Cancri e.
(Spitzer Maps Climate Patterns on a Super-Earth, NASA)
James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D., of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and Ian A. Wilson, D. Phil., of The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California, led the team.
(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)
Then she drank to prosperity in his undertakings, and he drank to the hope that James Grant would show up and pay her for his washing.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"'Your humble servant, James Laurence'. Only think of his writing that to you. I'll tell the girls. They'll think it's splendid," said Amy, much impressed by the note.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But, by St. James! we shall not let these Moors make mock at us from over the sea.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have not the honour, Sir James.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Nobody thought of Hannah till you mentioned her—James is so obliged to you!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
This chapel was fitted up as you see it, in James the Second's time.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“Upon my honour,” said James, “in these public assemblies, it is as often done as not.”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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