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Webster 1913 Edition


Oxford

Ox′ford

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rop.
Adj.
Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.
Oxford movement
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Oxford School
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a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford “Tracts for the Times,” issued the period 1833 – 1841.
Shipley.
Oxford tie
,
a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.

Definition 2024


Oxford

Oxford

See also: oxford

English

Proper noun

Oxford

  1. A city in England famous for its university.
  2. Oxford University
  3. A city in Alabama
  4. A city in Arkansas
  5. A town in Connecticut
  6. An unincorporated community in Florida
  7. A city in Georgia, USA
  8. A city in Idaho
  9. A town in Indiana
  10. A city in Iowa
  11. A city in Kansas
  12. An unincorporated community in Kentucky
  13. A town in Maine
  14. A town in Maryland
  15. A town in Massachusetts
  16. A village in Michigan
  17. A city in Mississippi
  18. A village in Nebraska
  19. A town in New York
  20. A town in New Zealand
  21. A city in North Carolina
  22. A town in Nova Scotia
  23. A city in Ohio
  24. A borough in Pennsylvania
  25. An unincorporated community in West Virginia
  26. A town in Wisconsin

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

  1. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
  2. (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.

Synonyms

See also


Catalan

Proper noun

Oxford m

  1. Oxford

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔks.fɔʁd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

Oxford f

  1. Oxford (a city in England)
  2. Oxford (university)

Synonyms

oxford

oxford

See also: Oxford

English

An oxford

Noun

oxford (countable and uncountable, plural oxfords)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)
    • 2007, March 17, “Nicholas Kulish”, in How Close Is Too Close to Shane MacGowan and the Pogues?:
      The other evening I was doing a very grown-up thing, ironing an oxford cloth shirt for work [] .
  2. A shoe of a particular sort.

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