oxford
noun
a low shoe laced over the instep.
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oxford
1 American
[oks-ferd]
/ ˈɒks fərd /
noun
oxfords
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Also called Oxford tie. Also called Oxford shoe. a low shoe laced over the instep.
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Also called oxford cloth. a cotton or synthetic fabric, in plain, twill, or basket weave, constructed on a pattern of two fine yarns woven as one warpwise and one loosely twisted yarn weftwise, for shirts, skirts, and summer sportswear.
Oxford
2
American
[oks-ferd]
/ ˈɒks fərd /
noun
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1st Earl of. Harley, Robert.
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a city in S Oxfordshire, in S England, NW of London: university, founded in 12th century.
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a town in SW Ohio.
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a town in S Massachusetts.
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a town in N Mississippi, hometown of William Faulkner.
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Also called Oxford Down. one of an English breed of large, hornless sheep, noted for its market lambs and heavy fleece of medium length.
Oxford
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British
/ ˈɒksfəd /
noun
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a city in S England, administrative centre of Oxfordshire, at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell: Royalist headquarters during the Civil War; seat of Oxford University, consisting of 40 separate colleges, the oldest being University College (1249), and Oxford Brookes University (1993); motor-vehicle industry. Pop: 143 016 (2001)
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Also called: Oxford Down. a breed of sheep with middle-length wool and a dark brown face and legs
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a type of stout laced shoe with a low heel
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a lightweight fabric of plain or twill weave used esp for men's shirts
Oxford
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/ ˈɒksfəd /
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Etymology
Origin of oxford
1580–90; named after Oxford, the city in S Oxfordshire, England.
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Products arriving earlier than normal are so-called core items, such as oxford shirts, polo tops and sweaters, rather than seasonal items, CFO Picicci said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
The writer, producer and host Avery Trufelman has a grand theory about why the same basic clothing items — oxford button-downs, chunky sweaters, pressed chinos — have remained wardrobe staples for the last half-century.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Genevieve White Carter and Cy Carter, married interior designers who live in St. James, New York, designed a home Venice, California, where they color-matched a Murphy bed’s unit to a pink oxford shirt.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Johnson sported an airy patterned green top and shorts with slingback oxford shoes, a tote bag, snapback and oversized sunglasses.
From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021
He wears a pressed white oxford shirt, new blue jeans, loafers.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
“We’ve got sluggish growth, high bond yields, bond markets are watching very closely and we don’t have a major reserve currency like the U.S.,” says Michael Saunders, an adviser at Oxford Economics, a consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The findings were announced in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
“The U.S.-Israel war with Iran threw a major curveball at the economy,” wrote lead U.S. economist Bernard Yaros of Oxford Economics.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Excluding the Irish figure, industrial production rose 0.3%, according to Iain Simmons, an economist at Oxford Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
They were boarding a train for Oxford to meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the grande dame of crystallography.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Omama was surprised when they sent a 92-year-old Austrian Holocaust survivor sharply dressed in leather oxfords and a felt hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
The cheerleader dressed as a pillar of moral rectitude: colorful hair bows, an ankle-length skirt, and saddle oxfords.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2017
She wore a bright kelly green coat, a white blouse, low-heeled oxfords, and a red skirt, which she took off to wrap around the baby.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017
The fashion industry gets to sell double-priced oxfords and sweatshirts!
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2016
So: Easter Sunday in dirt-stained saddle oxfords, charmed I’m sure.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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