La Fayette
Ma·rie Ma·de·leine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-reemaduh-lenpyawsh duhla-ver-nyuh], /maˈri madəˈlɛn pyɔʃ də la ˈvɛr nyə/, Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.
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Ma·rie Jo·seph Paul Yves Roch Gil·bert du Mo·tier [ma-reezhaw-zefpawl eevrawk zheel-berdymaw-tyey], /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/, 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.
a city in S Louisiana.
a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River.
a town in W California.
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How to use La Fayette in a sentence
Nearly opposite, in Fayette Street, a 16-story office building had caught fire, and I paused a moment more to watch it.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMormons first came to England in 1837, just seven years after Joseph Smith founded the Church in Fayette Township, New York.
It seemed no one had the key or the door code for the building at 147 rue La Fayette near the Gare du Nord train station in Paris.
Slaughter in Paris: Who Killed the Kurds? | Christopher Dickey, Tracy McNicoll | January 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe tells me that La Fayette has fled; but when, where, or for what purpose, is all equally an enigma.
We talk chiefly of the Marquis de La Fayette, who was here a few weeks ago.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward Gibbon
So you have been struck by Madame de La Fayette's words, inspired by so much friendliness.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousHe subsequently moved to Luzerne township, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, became a farmer and local politician.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. Searight"Madame de La Fayette and I are using every effort to wean him from so dangerous an attachment," she writes to her daughter.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel Williams
British Dictionary definitions for Lafayette
La Fayette
/ (French lafajɛt) /
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
Marie-Madeleine (marimadlɛn), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634–93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678)
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