Lafayette

UK: /lafajɛt/

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Lafayette, La Fayette / lafajɛt/ noun

1. Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier ( mari ʒozɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilbɛr dy mɔtje ), Marquis de Lafayette. 1757–1834, French general and statesman. He fought on the side of the colonists in the War of American Independence and, as commander of the National Guard (1789–91; 1830), he played a leading part in the French Revolution and the revolution of 1830
2. Marie-Madeleine ( marimadlɛn ), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634–93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678)

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La Fa•yette  (laf′ē et′, laf′ā-, lä′fē-, -fā-; Fr. la fa yet′), 

Ma•rie Ma•de•leine Pioche de la Vergne  (ma rē′ mad^ə len′ pyôsh də la ver′ny^ə), Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.

La•fa•yette  (laf′ē et′, laf′ā-, lä′fē-, -fā-; for 1 also Fr. la fa yet′), n. 

Ma•rie Jo•seph Paul Yves Roch Gil•bert du Mo•tier  (ma rē′ zhô zef′ pôl ēv rôk zhēl ber′ dy mô tyā′), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
1. Place Names a city in S Louisiana. 81,961.
2. Place Names a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River. 43,001.
3. Place Names a town in W California. 20,879.