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Oxonian

Oxonian

1 9.9
A person from Oxford in England
  • noun
  • /ɒkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
translation icon : oxoniano
  • Native Mississippian and Oxonian Wright Thompson wrote and narrated the film, and happily offered to discuss it with me.

Examples

  • "No fool she; her Oxonian gong was awarded in 1951, an occasion which she proclaimed to be "the proudest and happiest moment of my life."

    Academic text (2002)
  • It was still possible to find a post with a particularly brilliant first-class B.A. in hand, and some Oxonians securing positions held the D.Phil. research degree.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The New Oxonian?

    Blog text (4)
  • Oxonian and Cantabridgian are rare, especially the latter, and relate to the universities rather than the cities in any case.

    Blog text (18)
  • Oxonian and Cantabridgian are rare, especially the latter, and relate to the universities rather than the cities in any case.

    Blog text (18)
  • She speaks with a faint Oxonian accent that sometimes lies too lightly on a foreign sound.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • There were others, however, as serious as Wilson was, and they had the leisure to study and write in the Oxonian campus bordered by the eighteenth-century facades of Nassau Street.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Navigating Oxonian time is virtually impossible without what is known as an "Oxford diary," a blue, pocket-sized appointment book published by the Oxford University Press, with the University's seal stamped on its cover in gold.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Many Oxonians take pride in their university's rich history and traditions.

  • The Oxonian community celebrated the annual festival in the city center.

Synonyms

Oxfordian
vsOxonian
7.5

A person who lives in or comes from the city of Oxford

explicitly includes those born there as well as current residents

Surface Forms

Oxonian singular
Oxonians plural

Morphology

Oxonian = Oxford (semi-transparent) = oxon + ian

The noun 'a native or resident of Oxford' follows the usual demonym pattern, but the stem appears as 'oxon-' rather than the full place name, which may be unexpected.

Etymology

Oxonian comes from the place name Oxford plus the ending -ian, which means 'from' or 'belonging to' (like Italian). So an Oxonian is a person who was born in or lives in Oxford.