Fox

FOX fox English <dab!> Etymology en surname From en fox a vulpine animal Noun en noun en World War II era joint US/RAF A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F. en Foxtrot Proper noun ~ es s en common nouns derived from the name of the animal. en male. en US broadcasting uncountable Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network in the United States. en I watched a great show on Fox last night. en Katie Bo Lillis;Oren Liebermann;Haley Britzky Mark Milley leaves a controversial legacy as America’s top general w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/mark-milley-chairman-joint-chiefs-controversial-legacy/index.html 2023-09-25 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250210102431/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/mark-milley-chairman-joint-chiefs-controversial-legacy/index.html A placename: en number of places c/USA: en CDP co/Fairbanks North Star Borough s/Alaska. en A <<river>> in <<s/Wisconsin>> and <<s/Illinois>>, <<c/USA>>, a tributary to the Illinois River. en ucomm/and/CDP co/Stone County s/Arkansas. en ucomm co/Grant County s/Indiana. en ucomm co/Estill County s/Kentucky. en ucomm co/Roseau County s/Minnesota. en ucomm co/Carbon County s/Montana. en ucomm co/Pickaway County s/Ohio. en ucomm co/Carter County s/Oklahoma. en ucomm co/Grant County s/Oregon. en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Fox Township. en locality in the Limestone Coast region of s/South Australia c/Australia. en Fox Tribe. en Fox language. Derived terms en Foxborough Fox Chase Foxdale Foxification Foxite Foxitis Foxy Translations equivalent surnames in other languages Breton: br Louarn Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 狐 Hú Finnish: fi Kettu, fi Repo French: fr Renard, fr Goupil German: de Fuchs Greek: el Αλεπούς given name Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 福克斯 Fúkèsī Russian: ru Фокс Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Fox is the 180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 152,334 individuals. Fox is most common among White (88.1%) individuals. Noun en soccer Someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. en 2011-01-18 Phil Dawkes Man City 4 - 2 Leicester w:BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9363877.stm 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250824042756/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/9363877.stm 24 August 2025 en dated en Fox Indian a member of the Outagamie or Meskwaki, a Native American people. See also en Foxx Anagrams en fox Oxf. en surnames from Middle English