La Fayette

[ laf-ee-et, laf-ey-, lah-fee-, -fey-; French lafa-yet ]

noun
  1. 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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Lafayette
[ laf-ee-et, laf-ey-, lah-fee-, -fey-; for 1 also French la-fa-yet ]

noun
  1. 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.

  2. a city in S Louisiana.

  1. a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River.

  2. a town in W California.

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Lafayette

La Fayette

/ (French lafajɛt) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. Marie-Madeleine (marimadlɛn), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634–93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678)

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