ALL meanings of lafayette
La·fa·yette
L l - noun lafayette Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 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. 1
- noun lafayette a city in S Louisiana. 1
- noun lafayette a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River. 1
- noun lafayette a town in W California. 1
- noun lafayette The dollarfish. 1
- noun lafayette A market fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States. 0
- noun lafayette 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 0
- noun lafayette Marie-Madeleine (marimadlɛn), Comtesse de Lafayette. 1634–93, French novelist, noted for her historical romance La Princesse de Clèves (1678) 0
- noun lafayette Marquis de(born Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier) 1757-1834; Fr. general & statesman: served (1777-81) in the Continental army in the American Revolution 0
- noun lafayette city in SC La.: pop. 110,000 0