Associations to the word «Fairbanks»

Wiktionary

FAIRBANKS, proper noun. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in any of several places named "fair bank" etc.
FAIRBANKS, proper noun. A city in Alaska, USA.

Dictionary definition

FAIRBANKS, noun. United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000).
FAIRBANKS, noun. United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats