(chiefly, US) An outdoor gathering that recreates the European Renaissance or Middle Ages.
(chiefly, US) An outdoor gathering that recreates the European Renaissance or Middle Ages.
"A Renaissance fair with a purpose": that is how one spokesman describes the Fair Housing Faire which will be held Sunday, April 21 fronn 10 am to 6pm.
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(UK, historical) To proclaim a fair by marching in a ceremonial parade.
(UK, Ireland) A travelling amusement park.
Fairs is a clipped British slang version of fair's fair — an appeal to basic fairness or equal treatment. You'd say it when someone's pushing their luck or getting more than their share. Short, punchy, and instantly understood in British English, it doubles as both a mild protest and a reminder that everyone should get a square deal.
A funfair is the British and Irish term for a travelling amusement park — that annual spectacle of flashing lights, rickety rides, candy floss, and overpriced hook-a-duck stalls that rolls into town on a lorry convoy and transforms a car park or common into a pocket-sized carnival. The word perfectly captures the combination of fun and festivity, and it carries a nostalgic warmth for anyone who spent childhood evenings screaming on the Waltzer or trying to win a goldfish.