2. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
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I have found out a gift for my fair. --Shenstone.
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3. Good fortune; good luck.
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Now fair befall thee ! --Shak.
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{The fair}, anything beautiful; women, collectively. ``For slander's mark was ever yet the fair.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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