Lafayette meaning

lăfē-ĕt, läfē-, -fä-
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A market fish, the goody or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.
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A city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis. Purdue University was established near here in 1869.
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A city of south-central Louisiana west-southwest of Baton Rouge. Settled by Acadians in the 1700s, it is a center of Cajun culture and has a large petrochemicals industry.
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(born Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier) 1757-1834; Fr. military officer & statesman: a general (1777-81) in the Continental army during the American Revolution.
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City in SC La.
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Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757 – 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.
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Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette, including a large city in Louisiana.
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(US) A male given name, originally in honor of the Marquis.
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Origin of lafayette

  • French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".

    From Wiktionary

Lafayette Sentence Examples

  • In a niche is a Houdon bust of Lafayette, a replica of the original presented to the city of Paris by the state of Virginia.

  • The resignation of Lafayette and Dupont de l'Eure still further undermined the government, which, incapable even of keeping order in the streets of Paris, ended by being discredited with all parties.

  • A monument was erected to his memory in 1825, Lafayette laying the corner-stone.

  • He graduated in 1840 from Lafayette College, where he was tutor in mathematics (1840-1842) and adjunct professor (1843-1844).

  • He served in the army as marechal-de-camp under Luckner and Lafayette, but was accused of treason on the 15th of August 17 9 2, fled the country, and was imprisoned by the Austrians.

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