Dictionary entry

Fair (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fair, n. 1. Fairness, beauty. Shak.

2. A fair woman; a sweetheart.

I have found out a gift for my fair. Shenstone.

3. Good fortune; good luck.

Now fair befall thee! Shak.

The fair, anything beautiful; women, collectively. “For slander's mark was ever yet the fair.” Shak.