Lafayette

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˌlæfiːˈɛt//
//ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt//

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.

proper noun

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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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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city in Contra Costa County, California.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city and home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city, the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A large city, the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A village in Allen County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city in Yamhill County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A city, the county seat of Macon County, Tennessee.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States named for the Marquis de La Fayette: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lafayette Township.
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A surname from French.
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A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of the Marquis.

Etymology

French surname from Occitan, "the little beech tree".

Forms

plural: Lafayettes

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