Meaning of silver fox | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A melanistic red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with silver to black fur.
2. A domestic rabbit of a rare breed with silvery-black fur.
3. An attractive person who has graying hair.
   colloquial
4. An attractive man with graying hair.
   colloquial, especially
5. An attractive woman with graying hair.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“My surprise visitor was Marcus, arriving early for the party. In tow he had a mean silver fox, a curator who was programming an encyclopedic exhibition of the anti-epoch to which Marcus and I belonged at a major museum.”

“It’s more useful as a gender neutral term, saving the hassle of constant translation – Milf to Dilf, cougar to silver fox, mutton dressed up as lamb to beef dressed up as veal.”

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