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Fox en · NOUN

Etymology

* (surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)

Meanings

  1. 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:
  2. (qualifier:World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF) A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Fox Indian (“a member of the Outagamie or Meskwaki, a Native American people”).
    alt of Fox Indian

Forms

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Foxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

Foxx

Synonyms

Foxtrot

Fox en · PROPN

Etymology

* (surname): From fox (“a vulpine animal”)

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A male given name.
  3. (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:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
  5. (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.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stone County, Arkansas.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fox Township.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia.
  16. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Fox Tribe.
    alt of Fox Tribe
  17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Fox language.

Forms

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Foxs Number=Plur lexicographic
Foxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Fox Chase · Foxy · Foxification · Foxborough

Translations (8)

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(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)