James
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒeɪmz/
rhymes: -eɪmz
Forms: form: Jameses
Etymology: The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iacomus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ). Doublet of Jacques, Jacob, Iago, Jago, Yago, Hamish, Seamus, Tiago, and Santiago. 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.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
examples: text: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:1–3:
glosses: One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
examples: text: […] And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause. […]
ref: 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXVIII, page 286:
text: Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
ref: 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184
text: In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.
ref: 2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A placename
A township in Timiskaming District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename
Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Derived terms: Court of St. James's
Deeping St James
Great Saint James
jamescameroni
James City
James Island
Jamestown
King James
KJV
Little Saint James
Pristimantis jamescameroni
Saint James
Saint-James
Saint James Windward
St. James
St James
St-James
St.-James
St James's
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome
Swyer-James syndrome
Related terms: word: Jacob and its variants
sense: pet forms
word: Jaime
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word: Jake
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word: Jambo
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word: Jamie
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word: Jay
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word: Jem
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word: Jemmy
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word: Jim
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word: Jimbo
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word: Jimmi
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word: Jimmie
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word: Jimmy
word: Jameson
word: St. James