Fairfax
[fair-faks]
- 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.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for fairfax
Contemporary Examples
That monster proved to be the same person who attacked the woman in Fairfax.
He takes adult classes at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and works at a furniture store.
As he walked to his car and I turned right onto Fairfax Avenue, I honked my horn.
Jacqueline Stellar from Fairfax, Virginia, expressed the same sentiment.
Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion.
Historical Examples
Fairfax it seems had been down that way, and had left abundant traces of his visit.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
Fairfax was coming up, and reached Naseby at five in the morning.
England, Picturesque and DescriptiveJoel Cook
At the Fairfax Murray sale in 1918 the quarto Lyons edition made £130.
The Book-Hunter at HomeP. 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 CoastsRosalind Northcote
Fairfax
- 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)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012