Fox

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• (surname): From fox (“vulpine animal”)

Fox

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.

   Synonym: Foxtrot

Fox (countable and uncountable, plural Foxes or Foxs)

1. A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.
2. A male given name.
3. (US, broadcasting, uncountable) Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network from the USA.

   I watched a great show on Fox last night.

   • 2023 September 25, Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, “Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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 president would be talking to the hosts of those shows.

4. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
      2. A river in Wisconsin and Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.
      3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stone County, Arkansas.
      4. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
      5. An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.
      6. An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota.
      7. An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
      8. An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
      9. An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
      10. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
      11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fox Township.
   2. A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia.
5. Ellipsis of Fox Tribe.
6. Ellipsis of Fox language.

Fox (plural Foxes)

1. (soccer) Someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
   • 2011 January 18, Phil Dawkes, “Man City 4 - 2 Leicester”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     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 half-volley from Steve Howard's header down was tipped over by Joe Hart and Sol Bamba headed the resultant corner wide.

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

• Oxf.