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fairstead

fairstead noun: the place where fairs are held.

Noun

fairstead (plural fairsteads)

  1. (historical) The place where fairs are held.
    • So much for the market areas; but what of the fairstead? The original grant allowed for an eight-day celebration beginning on the vigil of the parish's patron, St Margaret of Antioch (19 July), […]2016, David Robert Butcher, Medieval Lowestoft, page 97

Forms of fairstead

pluralfairsteads

Questions about fairstead

What does fairstead mean?
Fairstead means the place where fairs are held.
What part of speech is fairstead?
Fairstead is a noun.
What is the plural of fairstead?
The plural of fairstead is fairsteads.

Words near fairstead in the dictionary

  1. Fairport
  2. fairs
  3. fairs off
  4. fairs up
  5. fairsome
  6. fairstead
  7. fairsteads
  8. Fairstein
  9. Fairsteins
  10. fairtime
  11. fairtimes

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