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What does James mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (biblical) 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.
  3. A male given name popular since the Middle Ages. Also a common middle name.
  4. An English patronymic surname​.
Name
  1. A male given name of Hebrew origin.
    1. (meaning, history) The supplanter. A form of Jacob.
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Despite his antitheological bias, James recognized that he could not completely discount religious doctrines.
The floor manager counted me in and The James Whale Radio Show took to the air on Yorkshire Television in its usual slot.
King James delighted to chop logic and theology with the doctors of the university.
A fantasist was beginning a two-year stint behind bars today for conning police into thinking he was a James Bond-style secret agent.
After James fell in with fast company he started doing drugs and sleeping around.
Joseph Campbell got the idea of the monomyth from James Joyce, and specifically from Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake.

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