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James

ja·mes

UK/d͡ʒeɪmz/ US/ˈdʒeɪmz/ common

noun

1.

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)

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2.

United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

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3.

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

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

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

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a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle

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Origin

The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, Tiago, Santiago, and Yaakov. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a modification of the earlier name Duke of York's Island after its eponymous duke's coronation as James II of England See Occitan Jacme for an intermediary between Old French James and Catalan Jaume.

Phrases

  • Court of St. James's
  • Deeping St James
  • Great Saint James
  • James City
  • James Creek
  • James Island
  • James-Stein estimator
  • King James

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