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Lafayette

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La·fa·yette  (lf-t, läf-, -fä-)
1. A city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis. It is the seat of Purdue University (founded 1869). Population: 61,200.
2. A city of south-central Louisiana west-southwest of Baton Rouge. Settled by Acadians, it is a commercial and shipping center. Population: 114,000.
Lafayette, Marquis Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de 1757-1834.
French soldier and politician who served on George Washington's staff in the American Revolution. In France he also took part in the 1789 and 1830 revolutions.
Lafayette, La Fayette (French) [lafajɛt]
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1. (Biographies / Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) M, French, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) 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. (Biographies / Lafayette, Marie-Madeleine, Comtesse de Lafayette (1634-1693) F, French, WRITING: novelist) Marie-Madeleine (marimadlɛn), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634-93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678)
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Noun1.LafayetteLafayette - French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
2.Lafayette - a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
3.Lafayette - a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
Hoosier State, Indiana, IN - a state in midwestern United States


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The gallant Lafayette was already fighting for our freedom by the side of Washington.
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