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ox·ford (äks′fərd)

noun

  1. a type of low shoe laced over the instep
    also oxford shoe
  2. a cotton or rayon fabric with a basketlike weave, used for shirts, etc.
    also oxford cloth

Etymology: after Oxford

Oxford definition

Ox·ford (äks′fərd)

  1. city in SC England; county seat of Oxfordshire & the site of Oxford University: county district pop. 110,000
  2. Oxfordshire

Etymology: OE Oxenaford < oxan, gen. pl. of oxa, ox + ford, ford: originally, place where oxen forded the river

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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