Ren faire

English

Alternative forms

• ren faire, Ren Faire

Noun

Ren faire (plural Ren faires)

1. (chiefly US, informal) Clipping of Renaissance faire.

   Synonym: Ren fair

   • 2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life (Nocturne City; 1), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 19:

     She opened my door and came in, sitting on the edge of the bed in a flurry of velvet. Loose black cotton pants and a flowing purple top with those wide sleeves and a low-cut, lacy neck. On most, the getup would scream Ren-faire escapee, but Sunny's small waist and curvaceous top pulled it off.

   • 2013, J. A. Pitts, Forged in Fire, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 16:

     Just a year ago, I'd had a normal life as a blacksmith in Seattle, one of the coolest cities on the planet. I was shoeing horses and making swords for the local ren faires.

   • 2019 September 13, Brittany Menjivar, “All's Faire: Reckoning with the Renaissance”, in Yale Daily News‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-26:

     I would've gone to the Ren faire even if I hadn't been on assignment. I'm always looking for interesting off-campus adventures, and what could be more off-campus than a field in the middle of Connecticut where patrons can step into the middle of the 16th century?

   • 2022 October 19, Andre Lamar, “Beyond giant turkey legs, here's what to expect at new Delaware Renaissance Faire”, in The News Journal‎^[2], Wilmington, D.E.: Gannett Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-05:

     Wilmington resident Sarah Bucic is a Ren Faire fan that's happy she won't have to leave the state to enjoy quality performances.