noun
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII
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James IV
Examples
- when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
noun
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland
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James II
Examples
- overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)
noun
the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625
Synonyms
James I
King James
King James I
Examples
- 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)
noun
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)
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Jesse James
noun
United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)
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William James
noun
writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)
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Henry James
noun
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus
Synonyms
Saint James
St. James
Saint James the Apostle
St. James the Apostle
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- brother of John
- author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
noun
a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
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James River
noun
a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
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James River
noun
a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle
Synonyms
Epistle of James
verb
press tightly together or cram
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- The crowd packed the auditorium
verb
push down forcibly
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- The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
verb
crush or bruise
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- jam a toe
verb
interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
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Examples
- Jam the Voice of America
- block the signals emitted by this station
verb
get stuck and immobilized
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- the mechanism jammed
verb
crowd or pack to capacity
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- the theater was jampacked
verb
block passage through
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- obstruct the path