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Ox⋅ford

[oks-ferd]
–noun
1. 1st Earl of. Harley, Robert.
2. a city in S Oxfordshire, in S England, NW of London: university, founded in 12th century. 116,600.
3. Oxfordshire.
4. a town in SW Ohio. 17,655.
5. a town in S Massachusetts. 11,680.
6. a town in N Mississippi, hometown of William Faulkner. 9882.
7. Also called Oxford Down. one of an English breed of large, hornless sheep, noted for its market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.
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Oxford 
university town in England, M.E. Oxforde, from O.E. Oxnaforda (10c.) lit. "where the oxen ford." As the name for a type of shoe laced over the instep, it is attested from 1721. Oxbridge (1849), a conflation of Oxford and Cambridge, is used in ref. to the characteristics common to the two universities. Oxfam (1963) is short for Oxford Committee for Famine Relief.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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