James - Definition

n 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) [syn:
James, James IV]
2: the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and
Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701) [syn: James,
James II]
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) [syn: James, James I, King James,
King James I]
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) [syn: James, Jesse James]
5: United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist
(1842-1910) [syn: James, William James]
6: writer who was born in the United States but lived in England
(1843-1916) [syn: James, Henry James]
7: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of
the Epistle of James in the New Testament [syn: James,
Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle, St.
James the Apostle]
8: a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at
Hampton Roads [syn: James, James River]
9: a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across
South Dakota to the Missouri [syn: James, James River]
10: a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
[syn: Epistle of James, James]