Definitions for lafayetteˌlæf iˈɛt, ˌlæf eɪ-, ˌlɑ fi-, -feɪ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
La•fa•yetteˌlæf iˈɛt, ˌlæf eɪ-, ˌlɑ fi-, -feɪ-(n.)
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 1757–1834, French statesman and general.
Category: Biography
a city in S Louisiana. 104,899.
Category: Geography (places)
Princeton's WordNet
Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette(noun)
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
Lafayette(noun)
a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
Lafayette(noun)
a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
Wiktionary
Lafayette(ProperNoun)
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757 u2013 1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
Lafayette(ProperNoun)
Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette, including a large city in Louisiana.
Lafayette(ProperNoun)
, originally in honor of the Marquis.
Webster Dictionary
Lafayette(noun)
the dollar fish
Lafayette(noun)
a market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States
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