La Fayette
[ laf-ee-et, laf-ey-, lah-fee-, -fey-; French la fa-yet ]
/ ˌlæf iˈɛt, ˌlæf eɪ-, ˌlɑ fi-, -feɪ-; French la faˈyɛt /
noun
Ma·rie Ma·de·leine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-ree maduh-len pyawsh duh la -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 ]
/ 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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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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