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Definition of Jim 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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jim Bowie
Literary usage of Jim Bowie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Friends of Mine: A Rally of Men by Edward Verrall Lucas (1909)
"My name's Jim Bowie." The preacher added that after the announcement of the name
Jim Bowie he never had a more respectful and attentive congregation. ..."
2. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1914)
"An almost universal error is to make Jim Bowie the inventor of the terrible knife
which bears his name, when it was his brother Rezin P. who caused the ..."
3. The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1912)
"Obed had not noticed him before, but now he exclaimed joyfully: " Why, it's
Colonel Jim Bowie! Jim, it's me, Obed White! Shake hands!" " So it is you, ..."
4. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin Legrand Sabin (1919)
"As for the other Jim Bowie, he did not give up his search for the ... There were
eleven in the little company: Jim Bowie and Rezin Bowie, David Buchanan, ..."
5. Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times by Frank Triplett, Thomas Nast, Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1888)
"Wounded sorely by a pistol ball through the thigh, Jim Bowie this day christened,
in his enemies' blood, the knife made by his ..."
6. Boys' Book of Border Battles by Edwin Legrand Sabin (1920)
"Jim Bowie had been moved from the hospital to a small room formed by an arch of the
... They knew Jim Bowie; and weak as he was, they did not dare ap- ..."
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