Fairfax

[fair-faks]

noun

Thomas (3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron), 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.

Thomas (6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron), 1692–1782, English colonist in Virginia.

a town in NE Virginia. 19,390.

a male given name.

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Fairfax (ˈfɛəfæks)

—n
	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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