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fays

fays is the plural of fay.

Meaning of fay

Noun (1)

fay (plural fays)

  1. A fairy.
    • that mighty Princesse did complaine / Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay / Had wrought [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    fairy

Noun (2)

fay

  1. (obsolete) faith
    • Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late. I'll to my rest.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun (3)

fay (plural fays)

  1. (US, slang) A white person.

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Words that rhyme with fays

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Questions about fays

What is fays the plural of?
Fays is the plural of fay.

Words near fays in the dictionary

  1. fayrest
  2. fayries
  3. fayry
  4. fayryes
  5. fayrys
  6. fays
  7. Faysal
  8. FAYT
  9. fayth
  10. faythe
  11. faythes

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