Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Fox en · NOUN
Etymology
* (surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)
Meanings
Someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
The Foxes played with plenty of initiative in the original tie at the Walkers Stadium and they started this tie in impressively positive fashion, producing the game's first two chances: Andy King's goal-bound half-volley from Steve Howard's header down was tipped over by Joe Hart and Sol Bamba headed the resultant corner wide. 2011 January 18, Phil Dawkes, “Man City 4 - 2 Leicester”, in BBC:
(qualifier:World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF) A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.
(abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Fox Indian (“a member of the Outagamie or Meskwaki, a Native American people”).
(countable, uncountable) A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.
(countable, uncountable) A male given name.
(US, uncountable) Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network in the United States.
I watched a great show on Fox last night.
In some ways, it’s a pragmatic practice: Fox anchors such as Sean Hannity and, at one point, Tucker Carlson routinely attack Milley – and during the Trump years, there was also a reasonable expectation that the president would be talking to the hosts of those shows. 2023 September 25, Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, “Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2025:
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A river in Wisconsin and Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stone County, Arkansas.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fox Township.
(countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Fox Tribe.
fr Renard (equivalent surnames in other languages) · ru Фокс (given name) · fi Kettu (equivalent surnames in other languages) · el Αλεπούς (equivalent surnames in other languages) · cmn 狐 (equivalent surnames in other languages) · de Fuchs (equivalent surnames in other languages) · fi Repo (equivalent surnames in other languages) · cmn 福克斯 (given name)