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Fox

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Fox

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n
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
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n
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
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n
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Fox
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n a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

Type of:
Algonquian, Algonquin
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast

n the Algonquian language of the Fox

Type of:
Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin
family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
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n English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

Synonyms:
Charles James Fox
Example of:
national leader, solon, statesman
a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
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n English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

Synonyms:
George Fox
Example of:
religious person
a person who manifests devotion to a deity
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