fairplay
fairplay is the alternative form of fair play.
Meaning of fair play
Noun
fair play (uncountable)
- Good behavior; conduct (in sports or another endeavor) that is respectful of the rules, the spirit of the activity, and the adversary.
- The result, eventually, was the conviction of Mr. Hiss on charges of perjury. But the feature that especially appealed to me was the reputation that Congressman Nixon had achieved for fairness in the investigating process. Not once had he overstepped the limits prescribed by the American sense of...1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 46
Proper noun capitalized: Fairplay
Fairplay
- A statutory town, the county seat of Park County, Colorado.
- A census-designated place in Douglas County, Georgia.
- A township in Greene County, Indiana.
- A township in Marion County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A populated place in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Questions about fairplay
- What does fairplay mean?
- Fairplay means a statutory town, the county seat of Park County, Colorado.
- What is fairplay the alternative form of?
- Fairplay is the alternative form of fair play.
- What part of speech is fairplay?
- Fairplay is a proper noun.
Words near fairplay in the dictionary
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