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La·fa·yette (lä′fē et′, -fā-; laf′ē-; Fr lȧ fȧ yet′)

Lafayette, Marquis de (born Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier) 1757-1834; Fr. general & statesman: served (1777-81) in the Continental army in the American Revolution
Lafayette2 definition

La·fa·yette (laf′ē et′; lä′fē-, -fā-; lə fā′it)

city in SC La.: pop. 110,000

Etymology: after Marquis de Lafayette

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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