OXFORD ENGLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxford English mean? 

• OXFORD ENGLISH (noun)
  The noun OXFORD ENGLISH has 1 sense:

1. the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious

  Familiarity information: OXFORD ENGLISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXFORD ENGLISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Oxford English" is a kind of...):

English; English language (an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries)