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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
oxonian is an adjective and noun meaning "of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University". It carries 3 recorded senses.
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University
“Oxonian education”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants
“his Oxonian neighbors”
“Oxonian bookstores”
a native or resident of Oxford
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for oxonian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.