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



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"James" Quotes from Famous Books



... by now on wider scenes, and whose voices have died away on that wind upon which all voices sink from hearing at last. I sometimes wonder whether in imagination they all troop back at the twilight hour: Hubert to cuddle up in the wing-chair; James to stretch out on the hearth-rug; Veronica and little Eve to nurse their dolls and gaze through the nursery window half fearfully at the striding dusk, or to listen to the tap upon the panes of flying leaves when the great winds rise. Where is ...
— The Faery Tales of Weir • Anna McClure Sholl

... the advantage of being able to watch every step the Nipe makes, and we know the materials he's been using to work with. But, even so, the scientists are baffled by many of them. Can you imagine the time James Clerk Maxwell would have had trying to build a modern television ...
— Anything You Can Do ... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... "James," it says, simply and directly, "she has brought you a present, and she is afraid that you will not care ...
— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton

... Monroe's valued Secretary of State, though she died, "seventy-four years young," before he became President. She could not, in any station, be more truly a lady than when she made soap and chopped kindling on her Braintree farm. At Braintree she was no more simply modest than at the Court of St. James or in the Executive Mansion. Her letters exactly reflect her ardent, sincere, energetic nature. She shows a charming delight when her husband tells her that his affairs could not possibly be better managed ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner

... Sir James Matthew Barrie, one of the best loved of contemporary novelists and dramatists, was born in 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His formal education was completed at Edinburgh University. And although his mature life has been spent largely in England, his stories reflect the village ...
— Short Stories of Various Types • Various


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