jesse james

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsJames

   Broadercriminal

Questions about jesse james

What does jesse james mean?

jesse james means "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)".

What is another word for jesse james?

Close synonyms include James. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jesse james a common word?

jesse james is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.