James Bond

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Etymology

The fictional character was named after the ornithologist James Bond (Ian Fleming was an avid birdwatcher)

Proper noun

James Bond

1. A fictional British spy in the novels of Ian Fleming and the motion pictures based on these novels, famous for his suavity, ingenuity, ruthlessness and supply of gadgets.
   • 2003: He understood the threat. But the capability of the C.I.A.’s Directorate of Operations was far less than advertised. The Directorate of Operations would like people to think it’s a great James Bond operation, but for years it essentially assigned officers undercover as diplomats to attend cocktail parties. — The New Yorker, 4 Aug 2003

Synonyms

• 007

Derived terms

• James Bond villain
• Bond girl

Translations

fictional British spy

• Arabic: جيمس بوند (ar) (jeyms bond, jayms bund) m
• Armenian: Ջեյմս Բոնդ (hy) (J̌eyms Bond)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 詹姆斯·邦德 (cmn) (Zhānmǔsī-Bāngdé)

• French: James Bond (fr) m
• German: James Bond (de) m

• Greek: Τζέιμς Μποντ (el) (Tzéims Bond) m
• Japanese: ジェームズ・ボンド (ja) (Jēmuzu-Bondo)
• Korean: 제임스 본드 (ko) (Jeimseu Bondeu)
• Marathi: जेम्स बॉन्ड (mr) (jemsa bǒnḍa) m
• Portuguese: James Bond (pt) m
• Russian: Джеймс Бонд (ru) (Džejms Bond) m

Noun

James Bond (plural James Bonds)

1. a secret agent of similar ability to the fictional James Bond