OXONIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxonian mean? 

• OXONIAN (noun)
  The noun OXONIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or resident of Oxford

  Familiarity information: OXONIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• OXONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective OXONIAN has 2 senses:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University

2. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: OXONIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Oxford

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Oxonian" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Holonyms ("Oxonian" is a member of...):

Oxford (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University)

Derivation:

Oxonian (of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants)

• OXONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Oxonian education

Pertainym:

Oxford (a university in England)

Derivation:

Oxford (a university in England)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Oxonian bookstores

Pertainym:

Oxford (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University)

Derivation:

Oxford (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University)

Oxonian (a native or resident of Oxford)

 Context examples 

A dark-blue oar crossed with a cherry-pink one above his mantel-piece spoke of the old Oxonian and Leander man, while the foils and boxing-gloves above and below them were the tools of a man who had won supremacy with each.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)