Noun has 10 senses

• james(n = noun.person) james iv - 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);



• james(n = noun.person) james ii - the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701);



• james(n = noun.person) james i, king james, king james i - 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);



• james(n = noun.person) jesse james - 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);


• james(n = noun.person) william james - United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910);


• james(n = noun.person) henry james - writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916);


• james(n = noun.person) saint james, saint james the apostle, st. james, st. james the apostle - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament;



• james(n = noun.object) james river - a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads;



• james(n = noun.object) james river - a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri;



• james(n = noun.communication) epistle of james - a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle;