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lafayette
/ˌlɑfiˈɛt/
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What does lafayette mean?
noun
- The dollarfish.
- A fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.
proper noun
- Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), a French aristocrat who is considered a national hero in both France and the United States for his participation in the French and American revolutions.
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proper noun
- A city in Contra Costa County, California.
- A city and home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
- A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
- A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- A village in Allen County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
- A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
- A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
- A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
- A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
- A surname from French.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.
- A surname from French. Alternative form of Lafayette.
- A city, the county seat of Chambers County, Alabama, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Walker County, Georgia, United States.
- A home rule city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌlɑfiˈɛt/
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Thus, the Marquis de la Fayette became simply Lafayette, and so with all other bearers of titles in France.
The carriage in which sat Lafayette advanced to them, their ranks opened and allowed it to pass, and then closed behind it.
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“The man that bought him is named Abram Foster—Abram G. Foster—and he lives forty mile back here in the country, on the road to Lafayette.”
On the other hand, he received an order from the Corporation of New York for a portrait of General Lafayette, the hero of the hour.
"Were you to arrive," says Greene, in a letter to Lafayette, dated December 29, "you would find a few ragged, half-starved troops in the wilderness, destitute of everything necessary for either the comfort or convenience of soldiers."