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Fairchildren

Fairchildren noun: the corporate spin-offs founded by former employees of the American technology company Fairchild Semiconductor.

Noun

Fairchildren pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The corporate spin-offs founded by former employees of the American technology company Fairchild Semiconductor.

Origin of Fairchildren

From the company name, after founder Sherman Fairchild, with child humorously pluralized to children.

Questions about Fairchildren

What does Fairchildren mean?
Fairchildren means the corporate spin-offs founded by former employees of the American technology company Fairchild Semiconductor.
What part of speech is Fairchildren?
Fairchildren is a noun.

Words near Fairchildren in the dictionary

  1. Fairburn
  2. Fairburns
  3. Fairbury
  4. Fairchild
  5. fairchildite
  6. Fairchildren
  7. Faircloth
  8. Faircloths
  9. Fairclough
  10. Faircloughian
  11. Faircloughs

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