Fair \Fair\, n.

1. Fairness, beauty. [Obs.]

--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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)