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Laffite

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Laf·fite or La·fitte  (l-ft, lä-), Jean 1780?-1826?
French pirate leader who aided U.S. troops in the War of 1812 in return for an official pardon for his crimes.
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Noun1.LaffiteLaffite - French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)
Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte, Lafitte


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The pirate Jean Laffite, the author informs us in an afterword, was a real historical personage, but nothing is known of his beginnings.
Frank G. Fox Jean Laffite and the Big Ol' Whale by Burns, Mary M. / The Horn Book Magazine
It was the first career victory for Panis and the first for Ligier-Mugen-Honda since 1981, when Jacques Laffite of France won the Canadian Grand Prix.
ROUNDUP : PANIS WINS MONACO GRAND PRIX by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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