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Fairfax

/ˈfɛɚfæks/ US

Where it comes from

English surname, equivalent to fair + fax (sense 1), “beautiful tresses.”

proper noun

A surname transferred from the nickname that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair. Democrats called for investigation, not resignation, after Vanessa Tyson accused Justin Fairfax of sexual assault earlier this week.
The title of a Scottish peerage.
A town in Marin County, California, United States.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Franklin County, Vermont.
An independent city, the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
A town located in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. He was named a reserve deputy sheriff in Fairfax. […] Still, Mollie Burkhart and many others considered him Osage Country's greatest benefactor.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lucy, fairs, fauquier, fairhead, frank, fairburn, farish, fauver, fairley, winfrey, faulcon, franklin, faulconbridge, longfellow, faircloth, fairman

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@misc{fairfax_2026,
  title = {Fairfax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fairfax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}