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Word: lafayette (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Proper noun:

  • Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette, including a large city in Louisiana.
  • male|from=surnames, originally in honor of the Marquis.
  • 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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