Fairfax

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Thomas 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 1612–71, British general: commander in chief of the parliamentary army 1645–50.
Thomas 6th Baron Fairfax of Cameron, 1692–1782, English colonist in Virginia.
a town in NE Virginia.
a male given name.

Fairfax

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noun

Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax. 1612–71, English general and statesman: commanded the Parliamentary army (1645–50), defeating Charles I at Naseby (1645). He was instrumental in restoring Charles II to the throne (1660)

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Having been dubbed “Batman and Robin” in high school, Greenwood and Hamilton remained close at UCLA, rooming together and biking to campus from where they lived in the Fairfax District.

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Josh Homme sips a Modelo the other night as he sits amid the vibey greenery behind Brain Dead Studios on Fairfax Avenue.

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But the bus went through a lot of neighborhoods: Mid-City, the Fairfax district, sections of Century City, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Santa Monica, and then the ocean.

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Officers sent to the 400 block of North Fairfax Avenue around 5 a.m.

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The first $3.7 billion phase of the extension under Wilshire Boulevard will include three stations — Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega.

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