Lafayette

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

/ ˌlæf iˈɛt, ˌlæf eɪ-, ˌlɑ fi-, -feɪ-; for 1 also French la faˈyɛt /

noun

Ma·rie Jo·seph Paul Yves Roch Gil·bert du Mo·tier

[ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-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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Examples from the Web for lafayette

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|DAILY BEAST
In 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|DAILY BEAST
FIJI, 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|DAILY BEAST
Nick Guerrero, a junior, was a resident of one the evacuated dorms, Lafayette.
Inside the NYU Refugee Camp for Displaced Students|Kevin Fallon, Abby Haglage|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Lafayette, more interested in his own nationwide tour of adulation, declined.
Washington Was Broke? Why Founding Fathers Were Strapped for Cash|Willard Sterne Randall|February 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Enclosing letters of Lafayette on the commercial relations of France and America.
The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI|Various
It is hard to say where Lafayette imbibed his love of freedom.
Lafayette|Martha Foote Crow
The movement is started, the Bastile falls, and Lafayette sends the key thereof to his former chief.
With Americans of Past and Present Days|J. J. Jusserand
A monument was erected to his memory in 1825, Lafayette laying the corner-stone.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1|Various
The significance of the so-called unlucky number was noted by some of the Lafayette crew.
The White Crystals|Howard R. Garis

British Dictionary definitions for lafayette

Lafayette

La Fayette

/ (French lafajɛt) /

noun

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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