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Lafayette

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La⋅fa⋅yette

  [laf-ee-et, laf-ey-, lah-fee-, -fey-; for 1 also Fr. la-fa-yet]
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1. Ma⋅rie Jo⋅seph Paul Yves Roch Gil⋅bert du Mo⋅tier  [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] , Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
2. a city in S Louisiana. 81,961.
3. a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River. 43,001.
4. a town in W California. 20,879.
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La·fa·yette   (lāf'ē-ět', lä'fē-, -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.
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