"prox" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹɒks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prox.wav Forms: proxes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒks Etymology: Compare proxy. Head templates: {{en-noun}} prox (plural proxes)
  1. (US, Rhode Island) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes. Tags: US

Interjection [Latin]

IPA: [ˈprɔks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈprɔks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perhaps related to prex. Head templates: {{head|la|intj}} prox, {{tlb|la|hapax}} (hapax legomenon)
  1. by your leave

Inflected forms

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