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| don1 |
a professor, esp. one that is senior and distinguished, in one of the English universities, esp. Oxford or Cambridge. [1/2 definitions] |
| OED |
abbreviation of "Oxford English Dictionary." |
| Oxbridge |
Oxford and Cambridge universities considered collectively as representing British upper-class intellectual life. [2 definitions] |
| OXFAM |
a British charity, originally named Oxford Famine Relief, engaged in relieving poverty and suffering worldwide and commonly associated with its thrift shops that sell donated goods. |
| Received Standard |
English as spoken and pronounced by those educated in British public schools and at Oxford and Cambridge universities; upper-class British English. |
| redbrick |
designating any British university or college other than Oxford or Cambridge. |
| Rhodes scholarship |
any of a number of scholarships at Oxford University in England, established for selected British Commonwealth and U.S. students. |
| saddle shoe |
an oxford shoe, usu. white, with a band of contrasting leather, usu. brown, across the instep. |
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