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fayres

fayres is the plural of fayre.

Meaning of fayre

Noun

fayre (plural fayres)

  1. (dated) A fair, a market.
    • WHERE AS before this tyme dyverse Actis of Parliament have byn made by the Kyngis most noble pgenitours agaynst forstallers and regratours of vytaile and other marchaundisez in markettis and fayres within this Realme of Englonde, […] Be it therfore enactid by auctorite of this psent parliament that...1533–1534, An Acte agaynst Forstallying & Regratying of Fyshe (25 Henry VIII, chapter 4); reprinted in The Statutes of the Realm: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, in Pursuance...
  2. (dated) Fare.
    • A book of ye olde English fayre.1881, Melbourne Town Hall, A Book of ye Olde English Fayre, Melbourne: Fergusson & Moore, →OCLC, front cover

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Questions about fayres

What is fayres the plural of?
Fayres is the plural of fayre.

Words near fayres in the dictionary

  1. fayning
  2. faynshmeker
  3. faynshmekers
  4. fayre
  5. fayrer
  6. fayres
  7. fayrest
  8. fayries
  9. fayry
  10. fayryes
  11. fayrys

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