James

Proper noun

1. The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
2. One of two Apostles, James the Greater and James the Less, often identified with James, brother of Jesus.
   • 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;...
3. A male given name from Hebrew popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
   • […] And Normans call me James Fitz-James. / Thus watch I o'er insulted laws, / Thus learn to right the injured cause. […] - 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […]...
   • Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. - 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184
   • In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey. - 2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James...
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
5. A placename

   1. An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia, United States.

   2. An unincorporated community in Plymouth County, Iowa, United States.

   3. A township in Timiskaming District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.

   4. Former name of Santiago: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.