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Definition of Jesse James
1. 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).
Definition of Jesse James
1. Proper noun. An American outlaw ¹
2. Proper noun. (context poker slang) Someone who often bluffs ¹
3. Proper noun. (context poker slang) A four and a five as starting cards in Texas hold 'em ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jesse James
Literary usage of Jesse James
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"64 (A) Jesse James How the people held their breath When they heard of Jesse's
death, And wondered how he came to die; For the big reward little Robert Ford ..."
2. An Introduction to Poetry by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty (1922)
"Jesse James in character strikingly resembles Robin Hood, and, like him, is
betrayed to his ... Jesse James Jesse James was a lad that killed a-many a man; ..."
3. Speeches and Writings of Wm. H. Wallace: With Autobiography by William H. Wallace (1914)
"As if you were friends sitting weeping on the tomb of Jesse James, the question
was put to the Fords as occasion presented, "Are you the father," or "the ..."
4. A Book of Ballads, Old and New by Guido Hermann Stempel (1917)
"Probably the most popular of all American ballads is the coronach of Jesse James.
It begins (Lomax's Cowboy Songs): Jesse James was a lad that killed a-many ..."
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