Definition of James bowie

1. Noun. United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836).

Exact synonyms: Bowie, Jim Bowie
Generic synonyms: Pioneer

Lexicographical Neighbors of James Bowie

James Abraham Garfield
James Agee
James Albert Michener
James Alfred Van Allen
James Arthur Baldwin
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
James Augustus Henry Murray
James Augustus Murray
James Baldwin
James Barrie
James Bay
James Bernoulli
James Bond
James Bond villain
James Boswell
James Bowie
James Branch Cabell
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Brady
James Butler Hickock
James Byron Dean
James Cagney
James Clark Ross
James Clerk Maxwell
James Cleveland Owens
James Cook
James Crichton
James Dean
James Dewey Watson
James Douglas Morrison

Literary usage of James bowie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Texas for Schools: Also for General Reading and for Teachers by Anna J. Hardwicke Pennybacker (1912)
"james bowie spent his early life in Louisiana. He and his brother Rezin were great hunters; Rezin Bowie invented the knife that bears his name, ..."

2. South American Fights and Fighters: And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady (1910)
"An Episode in the Life of james bowie Of a different character, but equally interesting, was an encounter in August, 1829, which has become famous because ..."

3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1906)
"james bowie & Co., and gave them the usual delivery order in these terms, ... james bowie & Co., 15th ult.," to which Mr. Alexander answered, " Messrs. ..."

4. Leading Cases in the Commercial Law of England and Scotland by George Ross (1855)
"Gentlemen,—You will please deliver to the order of Messrs. james bowie and Company, 1526 bags (seven damaged, making HASTIE. in all 1533 bags) sugar, ..."

5. History of Methodism in Texas by Homer S. Thrall (1872)
"Piedras—James P. Ste- venson—A camp-meeting—james bowie—Class organized near San ... james bowie ..."

6. The Montreal Medical Journal edited by George Edgeworth Fenwick, Thomas George Roddick, George Ross (1892)
"james bowie, MD It is with great regret that we record the death of Dr. james bowie, late of Mitchell, Ont. Dr. Bowie reached the great age of 90 years, ..."

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