Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of central Alaska north-northeast of Anchorage. It was founded in 1902 as a gold-mining camp.
  • Douglas,American actor known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as Robin Hood (1922). His son Douglas, Jr. (1909–2000), played similar roles in motion pictures such as Gunga Din (1939).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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Examples

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Fairbanks police have made an arrest in connection with the armed robbery earlier this week of an Airport Way gas station.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Fairbanks police have made an arrest in connection with the armed robbery earlier this week of an Airport Way gas station.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Fire consumed a trailer off McGrath Road on Monday evening, the fourth blaze to destroy a building in the Fairbanks area in the last week.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

  • FAIRBANKS - Unfolding a metal antenna and plugging it into a small receiver draped around his neck, Knut Kielland climbed on top of the seat of his Ski-Doo Tundra on a snowmachine trail in the Rosie Creek Flats south of Fairbanks on Monday.

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 2009

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