Renaissance fair

English

Reenactors at a Renaissance fair

Alternative forms

• Renaissance faire

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• Ren fair

Further reading

• Renaissance fair on Wikipedia.Wikipedia