
Meaning of OXFORD
Pronunciation: | | 'âksfurd, 'âksfurd
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- [n] a low shoe laced over the instep
- [n] a university in England
- [n] a city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University
- [n] a university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner
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| Synonyms: | | Oxford University |
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| See Also: | | city, Empire State of the South, England, GA, Georgia, metropolis, Oxford, Oxford, Oxford University, Oxonian, Peach State, saddle oxford, saddle shoe, shoe, town, university, urban center | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ox"ford\, a.
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.
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