Renaissance fair

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Reenactors at a Renaissance fair

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Renaissance fair (plural Renaissance fairs)

  1. (chiefly US) An outdoor gathering that recreates the European Renaissance or Middle Ages.
    Synonyms: Renaissance festival, medieval fair
    • 1974 April 17, “Housing Faire emphasizes civil rights, discrimination”, in Daily Bruin, volume XCII, number 15, Los Angeles, C.A.: University of California, Los Angeles, page 10:
      "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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