Synonyms for oxford

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oks-ferd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒks fərd

Définition of oxford

Origin : university town in England, Middle English Oxforde, from Old English Oxnaforda (10c.) literally "where the oxen ford." In reference to a type of shoe laced over the instep, it is attested from 1721 (Oxford-cut shoes). Related: Oxfordian; Oxfordish; Oxfordist; Oxfordy.

As in boot : noun heavy, often tall, shoe

Example sentences :

Mr. Gladstone was again returned unopposed for the University of Oxford.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

You have never taken to study, else, as you know, I would have sent you to Oxford.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Some years ago I lectured in Oxford on the subject of Education.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

The music was adapted from Athaliah, which, so far, had only been heard at Oxford.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

A boy has been arrested for picking pockets in Oxford Street.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various

We did not meet at the university; he went to Oxford, and I to Cambridge.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

He completed his education at Queen's and Magdalen colleges, Oxford.
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge both claim him as a student.
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

How many other figures in that vanished Oxford world I should like to draw!
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

We had first met him, as I have said, on a week-end visit to the Talbots at Oxford.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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