Fox

/fɑks/

Other forms: Foxes

Definitions of Fox

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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
3. noun

   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
4. noun

   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