fairbanks

1. 1.

   United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)

   SynonymsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.

   Broaderactor
2. 2.

   United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)

   SynonymsDouglas FairbanksDouglas Elton FairbanksJulius Ullman

   Broaderactor

Other forms of fairbanks

plural

fairbankses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fairbanks

What does fairbanks mean?

fairbanks means "United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fairbanks?

fairbanks has 2 syllables: fair-banks. The stress falls on "fair". In IPA it is /ˈfɛɹbəŋks/.

What is another word for fairbanks?

Close synonyms include Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fairbanks a common word?

fairbanks is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.