Fair-fax's

Fair·fax

[fair-faks]
noun
1.
Thomas ( 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron ) 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.
2.
Thomas ( 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron ) 1692–1782, English colonist in Virginia.
3.
a town in NE Virginia.
4.
a male given name.
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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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