James,

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  James \James\ prop. n.
     1. William James, an American psychologist and philosopher
        (1842-1910). He was the brother of Henry James.
  
     Syn: William James.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. Henry James, an American novelist and critic, born 1843,
        died 1916. He was the brother of William James.
  
     Syn: Henry James.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Saint James the Apostle, a disciple of Jesus; brother of
        John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament.
  
     Syn: Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. The James River, a tributary of the Missouri River.
  
     Syn: James River.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  James
       n 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) [syn: {Jesse James}]
       2: United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist
          (1842-1910) [syn: {William James}]
       3: writer who was born in the United States but lived in
          England (1843-1916) [syn: {Henry James}]
       4: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author
          of the Epistle of James in the New Testament [syn: {Saint
          James}, {St. James}, {Saint James the Apostle}, {St. James
          the Apostle}]
       5: a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at
          Hampton Roads [syn: {James River}]
       6: a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward
          across South Dakota to the Missouri [syn: {James River}]
       7: a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
          [syn: {Epistle of James}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  James
     (1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the
     apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman,
     in partnership with Peter (Matt. 20:20; 27:56). With John and
     Peter he was present at the transfiguration (Matt. 17:1; Mark
     9:2), at the raising of Jairus's daughter (Mark 5:37-43), and in
     the garden with our Lord (14:33). Because, probably, of their
     boldness and energy, he and John were called Boanerges, i.e.,
     "sons of thunder." He was the first martyr among the apostles,
     having been beheaded by King Herod Agrippa (Acts 12:1, 2), A.D.
     44. (Comp. Matt. 4:21; 20:20-23).
     
       (2.) The son of Alphaeus, or Cleopas, "the brother" or near
     kinsman or cousin of our Lord (Gal. 1:18, 19), called James "the
     Less," or "the Little," probably because he was of low stature.
     He is mentioned along with the other apostles (Matt. 10:3; Mark
     3:18; Luke 6:15). He had a separate interview with our Lord
     after his resurrection (1 Cor. 15:7), and is mentioned as one of
     the apostles of the circumcision (Acts 1:13). He appears to have
     occupied the position of head of the Church at Jerusalem, where
     he presided at the council held to consider the case of the
     Gentiles (Acts 12:17; 15:13-29: 21:18-24). This James was the
     author of the epistle which bears his name.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  James, same as Jacob