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Oxon., n. and a.|ˈɒksɒn, ˈɒksən|
Also Oxon (no point).
[Abbrev. of Oxonia (see Oxonian a. and n.) and Oxoniensis adj.]
A. n.
a. The city, diocese, or university of Oxford.
b. Now more usually, the county of Oxfordshire.
[1248Rot. Claus. 33 Hen. III, m. 15 dorso (in Rashdall II. 369 note), Presentibus apud Woodstocke tam procuratoribus scolarium universitatis quam Burgensibus Oxon. 1367(Trinity Term) Coram Rege Roll 41 Edw. III. ro. 21 Consuetudo hundredi de Stretford in com. Oxon., talis est [etc.]. ]1477Rolls of Parlt. VI. 192/1 The studentes in the Universitees of Oxon and Cambrigge. 1576in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 383 The Maior and Burgesses of Oxon do stande so muche..uppon theire right and royaltie of the Thames. 1645W. Browne Let. to Wood 9 Sept. in Wood's Life (O.H.S.) I. 122 note, Our horse from Oxon.—fell on the enemies quarters at Thame. 1729S. Switzer Hydrost. & Hydraul. 40 The Rivers Rea and Isis, which break out..in the county of Oxon..draw their original from so humble a Plain [etc.]. 1840[see peculiar a. 5]. 1881[see cover v.1 17]. 1970Kelly's Directory of Oxford 942 (Advt.), Peter W. Wilson & Co... Sales of all types of property... Corn Street, Witney, Oxon. 1986Guardian 21 Aug. 11/8 The Management College, Greenlands, Henley on Thames, Oxon, gives a limited number of scholarships for women to do management courses.
B. adj. Of or belonging to the University of Oxford. Usu. succeeding nouns in titles, as M.A. Oxon. Cf. Cantab a.
1681(title) Materials for union, proposed to publick consideration, with indifferency to all parties. By—M.A. Pem. Col. Oxon. 1854(title) Splendours of the future: or, the real Antichrist... With a notice of certain probable scriptural references to Great Britain. By A.M., Oxon. 1989Templeton Coll. Ann. Rev. 1988 9/2 Roger Undy MA (Oxon) had 13 years of industrial experience..before studying at Oxford. |