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Lafayette

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

noun

  1. Ma·rie Jo·seph Paul Yves Roch Gil·bert du Mo·tier [m, a, -, ree, zhaw-, zef, pawl eev , r, awk zheel-, ber, d, y, maw-, tyey], Marquis de. Also 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.
  3. a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River.
  4. a town in W California.


Lafayette

/ lafajɛt /

noun

  1. LafayetteMarie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette17571834MFrenchMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman 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. LafayetteMarie-Madeleine, Comtesse de Lafayette16341693FFrenchWRITING: novelist Marie-Madeleine (marimadlɛn), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634–93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678)


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“I think this will revolutionize the brand,” Averyl Oates, the fashion director at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, also said.

At Lafayette, Euler allegedy joined FIJI, a fraternity not recognized by the administration.

In 2009, Phillylacrosse.com reported that Euler had "signed a letter of intent to play at Lafayette College."

FIJI, a source who attended Lafayette with Stocky told The Daily Beast, is mostly made up of lacrosse and baseball players.

Bratton rode down to the Broadway-Lafayette station and took a passageway to the Bleecker Street stop.

To our enquiry, the answer was, that "General Lafayette desired to be led to the headquarters."

Marquis de Lafayette played an important part in the Revolutionary War.

In the meantime, General Lafayette surrounded Cornwallis and his troops on the south and on the west.

Corner stone of Bunker hill monument laid with great and enthusiastic ceremonies; Lafayette being present.

Lafayette was seventy-three years old when he led this last revolution.

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