Fairfax

[fair-faks]

noun

Thomas3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.

Thomas6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 1692–1782, English colonist in Virginia.

a town in NE Virginia.

a male given name.

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Contemporary Examples of fairfax

That monster proved to be the same person who attacked the woman in Fairfax.
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October 3, 2014
He takes adult classes at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and works at a furniture store.
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Caitlin Dickson
July 11, 2014
As he walked to his car and I turned right onto Fairfax Avenue, I honked my horn.
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Jack Gray
June 14, 2014
Jacqueline Stellar from Fairfax, Virginia, expressed the same sentiment.
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November 10, 2013
Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion.
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Historical Examples of fairfax

Fairfax it seems had been down that way, and had left abundant traces of his visit.
Micah Clarke
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fairfax was coming up, and reached Naseby at five in the morning.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive
Joel Cook
At the Fairfax Murray sale in 1918 the quarto Lyons edition made £130.
The Book-Hunter at Home
P. B. M. Allan
Guides and horses may be engaged at Fairfax for the Spray Park trail.
The Mountain that was 'God'
John H. Williams
Here Fairfax took up his quarters after the town had been taken.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
Rosalind Northcote

British Dictionary definitions for fairfax

Fairfax

noun

Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax. 1612–71, English general and statesman: commanded the Parliamentary army (1645–50), defeating Charles I at Naseby (1645). He was instrumental in restoring Charles II to the throne (1660)

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