Fairfax
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.
a male given name.
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When he returned to Fairfax after two years at other schools to become Mason’s head coach, he insisted that the Marshes move nearby in case his family had an emergency when he was out of town.
After decades together, Jay Marsh is saying good-bye, and George Mason is saying thanks | John Feinstein | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe Fairfax police chief released the video over federal authorities’ objections.
In Virginia, Fairfax and Loudoun counties reported 230 and 224 infections.
D.C. officials knock on doors to reach seniors amid push for vaccine equity | Julie Zauzmer, Hannah Natanson, Rebecca Tan | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostIn Fairfax, which enrolls 186,000, any student who chooses it will be able to return to classrooms for two days of in-person learning each week by March 16.
Virginia’s largest school systems vow to reopen classrooms for all by March | Hannah Natanson | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostFairfax teachers associations are insisting that all employees receive both shots before heading back to campuses.
Teachers are moving to the front of the vaccine line — but that doesn’t mean all schools will reopen right away | Hannah Natanson, Donna St. George, Perry Stein | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
That monster proved to be the same person who attacked the woman in Fairfax.
He takes adult classes at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and works at a furniture store.
As he walked to his car and I turned right onto Fairfax Avenue, I honked my horn.
Jacqueline Stellar from Fairfax, Virginia, expressed the same sentiment.
Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion.
General Stoughton was in charge of an army of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, with headquarters at Fairfax Court-house.
Hooker had swung the army up to Fairfax and Centreville, moving on an inner circle, with Washington for a pivot.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.In Fairfax county, Washington presided at a spirited meeting, and headed a subscription paper with his own gift of fifty pounds.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonLancelot's brother, George Fairfax Lee, had inherited their father's manor plantation.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers Fithian"I certainly think Fairfax understood that I—" began Mr. Carr.
Devil's Ford | Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for Fairfax
/ (ˈfɛəfæks) /
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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