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fairsteads

fairsteads is the plural of fairstead.

Meaning of fairstead

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

Questions about fairsteads

What is fairsteads the plural of?
Fairsteads is the plural of fairstead.

Words near fairsteads in the dictionary

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

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