OXFORD

oxford

(noun) a low shoe laced over the instep

Oxford

(noun) a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

Oxford

(noun) a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

oxford (countable and uncountable, plural oxfords)

Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)

Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (shoe)

Etymology

Proper noun

Oxford

The University of Oxford.

A city in Oxfordshire, England famous for its university.

An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.

A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.

A city in Ohio.

A city in Alabama.

A city in Georgia, United States; named for the university.

A city in Kansas.

A city in Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.

A city in Arkansas.

A city in Idaho.

A town in Massachusetts.

A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.

A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.

A borough in Pennsylvania.

A town in Maine; named for the city in England.

A town and village in New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.

A village in Michigan.

A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.

A town in Nova Scotia.

A town in Indiana.

A census-designated place in New Jersey.

A village in Nebraska.

A town in Maryland.

A town and village in Wisconsin.

A settlement on Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

An unincorporated community in Colorado.

An unincorporated community in Florida.

An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Noun

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

(by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.

Synonyms

• (shoe): balmoral

Source: Wiktionary

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Ox"ford, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. Oxford movement. See Tractarianism.

– Oxford School, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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