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
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
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