Foxes

Fox  (fks)

n. pl. Fox or Fox·es

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting various parts of southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and eastern Iowa, with present-day populations in central Iowa and with the Sauk in Oklahoma.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Algonquian language of the Fox.

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[Translation of French Renards, foxes, perhaps translation of Fox wa·koe·haki, foxes (applied as a name to a clan with the totem of a fox).]

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Fox, Charles James 1749-1806.

British politician who supported American independence and the French Revolution.

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Fox, George 1624-1691.

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends, or Quakers (1647-1648).

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Fox, Vicente Born 1942.

Mexican businessman and politician who served as president (2000-2006), ending 71 years of uninterrupted rule by Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party.

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Fox, William Originally Wilhelm Fried. 1879-1952.

Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive who founded his own film company (1915) and merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox (1935). His company led in the development of sound movies.

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fox  (fks)

n. pl. fox·es also fox

1.

a. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Vulpes and related genera, related to the dogs and wolves and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail.

b. The fur of one of these mammals.

2. A crafty, sly, or clever person.

3. Slang A sexually attractive person.

4. Nautical Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn.

5. Archaic A sword.

v. foxed, fox·ing, fox·es

v.tr.

1. To trick or fool by ingenuity or cunning; outwit.

2. To baffle or confuse.

3. To make (beer) sour by fermenting.

4. To repair (a shoe) by attaching a new upper.

5. Obsolete To intoxicate.

v.intr.

1. To act slyly or craftily.

2. To turn sour in fermenting. Used of beer.

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[Middle English, from Old English.]