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La Fayette
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What does La Fayette mean?
noun
- French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
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Thus, the Marquis de la Fayette became simply Lafayette, and so with all other bearers of titles in France.
A battalion of the National Guard, commanded by La Fayette, was sent to the Champ-de-Mars, where the crowd was assembled, to disperse it.
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After the example of his illustrious fellow-countryman, the Marquis de la Fayette, the government had decreed to him the title of “Citizen of the United States of America.”