Fair Deal U.S. Pol.
[f. fair a. 10 + deal n.2 (cf. sense 4 c, quots. 1928, 1958).]
Name given to the policy of social improvement advocated by H. S. Truman, President of the U.S. 1945–53.
| 1949 Time 6 June, The Fair Deal had all but lost steerage-way. |
Hence Fair Dealer, a proponent of this programme.
| 1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 14 Jan. 2/3 The false premise that the Fair Dealers were ever in control of the Democratic party. |