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
“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.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams | Olivia Nuzzi | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2009, Phillylacrosse.com reported that Euler had "signed a letter of intent to play at Lafayette College."
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams | Olivia Nuzzi | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFIJI, a source who attended Lafayette with Stocky told The Daily Beast, is mostly made up of lacrosse and baseball players.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams | Olivia Nuzzi | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBratton 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.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyIn the meantime, General Lafayette surrounded Cornwallis and his troops on the south and on the west.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyCorner stone of Bunker hill monument laid with great and enthusiastic ceremonies; Lafayette being present.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellLafayette was seventy-three years old when he led this last revolution.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | Various
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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