Fox

A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.

Proper noun

  1. A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.
  2. A male given name.
  3. 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...
  4. A placename:

    1. A number of places in the United States:

      A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.

    2. A number of places in the United States:

      A river in Wisconsin and Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.

    3. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stone County, Arkansas.

    4. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.

    5. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.

    6. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota.

    7. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.

    8. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.

    9. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.

    10. A number of places in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.

    11. A number of places in the United States:

      A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fox Township.

    12. A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia.

  5. Ellipsis of Fox Tribe.
  6. Ellipsis of Fox language.

Origin

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

Forms

Foxes Foxs

Derived

Foxborough Fox Chase Foxification Foxy

Noun ball games, games

  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...
  2. Ellipsis of Fox Indian (“a member of the Outagamie or Meskwaki, a Native American people”).

Forms

Foxes

Related

Foxx

Noun Entry 3

  1. A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.

    Synonyms: Foxtrot