fairstead

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noun

The place where fairs are held.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounfairstead (plural fairsteads)

plural fairsteads

  1. historicalThe 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
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APA

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“fairstead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fairstead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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