English

Proper noun

Oxon

1. Postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire

Etymology 2

Latin Universitas Oxoniensis ‎(“University of Oxford”)

Proper noun

Oxon

1. (after a qualification) University of Oxford, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

   The Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. By J. R. Bickford Smith, b.a. (Oxon), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law

See also

• Cantab

English

Noun

oxon ‎(plural oxons)

1. (organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.

Derived terms

• paraoxon