prox

See also: prox., Prox, and PROX

English

Etymology

Compare proxy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹɒks/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

prox (plural proxes)

  1. (US, Rhode Island) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
    • 1841, Report of the select committee [on] the memorial of the democratic members of the Legislature of Rhode Island:
      on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers

References

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bona prox

Pronunciation

Interjection

prox

  1. by your leave

References

  • prox”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prox in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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