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Fair⋅banks

[fair-bangks]
–noun
1. Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
2. Douglas, 1883–1939, U.S. motion-picture actor.
3. a city in central Alaska, on the Tanana River. 22,645.
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Fair·banks   (fâr'bāngks')   
A city of central Alaska north-northeast of Anchorage. It was founded in 1902 as a gold-mining camp. Population: 31,100.
Fairbanks, Douglas Originally Douglas Elton Ulman. 1883-1939.  
American actor known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as Robin Hood (1922). His son Douglas, Jr. (1909-2000), played similar roles in motion pictures such as Gunga Din (1939).
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