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Fairfax

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname transferred from the nickname that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.

The title of a Scottish peerage.

Any of several place names, including:
An independent city, the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

A town in Marin County, California, United States.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable. George Mason

Fairfax was incredibly important to the shaping of the country. Dougray Scott

My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general. Robert Duvall

Academics MRI machine used at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study Mason offers 81 undergraduate degrees, 88 master's degrees and a law degree at its Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William and Loudoun County campuses. Source: Internet

After you get through apologizing to Kobe's family when are you going to apologize to Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax? Source: Internet

A complete version by Edward Fairfax appeared under the title "Godfrey of Bouillon" in 1600. Source: Internet

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