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Noun: oxford  óks-fu(r)d
  1. A low shoe laced over the instep
    "He wore a pair of brown leather oxfords with his suit"
Noun: Oxford  óks-fu(r)d
  1. A city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
     
  2. A university in Oxford, England
    - University of Oxford, Oxford University
     
  3. A university town in northern Mississippi; home of William Faulkner

Derived forms: Oxfords, oxfords

Type of: city, metropolis, school [N. Amer], shoe, town, uni [Brit, informal], university, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Empire State of the South [informal], England, GA, Ga., Georgia, Peach State

Encyclopedia: Oxford, North Canterbury