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proper noun

James n.

William James, an American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). He was the brother of Henry James.

Synonyms: William James.

Henry James, an American novelist and critic, born 1843, died 1916. He was the brother of William James.

Synonyms: Henry James.

Saint James the Apostle, a disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament.

Synonyms: Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle.

The James River, a tributary of the Missouri River.

Synonyms: James River.

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... pure love of dancing. She was more level-headed than Lillian and was less likely to be carried away by pleasure. Still, she felt as though she would like to go on dancing forever with Lieutenant James Lawton, who she decided was the nicest young ...

— Madge Morton's Secret • Amy D. V. Chalmers

... Slagg—Jim Slagg; James when you wants to be respeckful—Slagg when familiar. I'm the son o' Jim Slagg, senior. Who he was the son of is best known to them as understands the science of jinnylology. But it don't much matter, for we all runs back to Adam an' Eve somehow. They called me after father, of ...

— The Battery and the Boiler - Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables • R.M. Ballantyne

... an indifferent display of qualities as a ruler, and the nation was tired of a superstitious monarch who was fostering a condition of affairs which was turning England into a hot-bed of religious and political plots and counter-plots. James's daughter, Mary, had married William, Prince of Orange, who was invited to come and take his father-in-law's place as King of England. That invitation was extended in no uncertain way, and James having withdrawn to the continent left ...

— The Portland Peerage Romance • Charles J. Archard

... movement has been going on steadily within the personal knowledge of the writer. Ten years ago the moose were practically all south and east of Lake Kippewa, now they are nearly all north of that lake, and extend nearly, if not quite, to the shores of James Bay. How far to the west of that they have spread we do not know; but it is probable that they are reoccupying the range lying between the shores of Lake Superior and James Bay, which was long abandoned. Northwest of Lake Superior, throughout Manitoba ...

— American Big Game in Its Haunts • Various

... a severe divine judgment Emperor of France, and James Buchanan, according to the merciful divine benignity President of the ...

— Secret Enemies of True Republicanism • Andrew B. Smolnikar

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