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Lafayette   /lˌɑfiˈɛt/  /lˌɑfeɪˈɛt/   Listen
Lafayette

noun
1.
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834).  Synonyms: La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
2.
A town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians.
3.
A university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River.



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"Lafayette" Quotes from Famous Books



... civic morals" that the public appeal against such a reversal of our traditions had to be based largely upon the contributions to American progress made from other revolutions; the Puritans from the English, Lafayette from the French, Carl Schurz and many another able man from the German upheavals in the ...
— Twenty Years At Hull House • Jane Addams

... determined to have kings and emperors, what other could they expect but wars. France, of course, was quite another thing. The sympathy of America with France was deep, warm and sincere. America could not forget the gallant Lafayette. Besides, France was the one European republic. As for Britain, the people of Chicago were content to maintain a profoundly neutral calm, and to a certain extent the Wakehams shared ...
— The Major • Ralph Connor

... principal packing house to Chicago, where he continues to operate heavily, the amount paid out for cattle during the last season being over $300,000. In addition to the Chicago packing he has continued the work in Cleveland, and also for several years did something in that line at Lafayette, Indiana. The firm's brand, "The Buckeye", is well known and highly esteemed both in the United States and England, to which provisions bearing that mark ...
— Cleveland Past and Present - Its Representative Men, etc. • Maurice Joblin

... or not, whether alive or dead. She was the daughter of a rich family, residing at Point aux Trembles, of whom I had heard my mother speak before I entered the Convent. The name of her family I think was Lafayette, and she was thought to be from Europe. She was known to have taken the black veil; but as I was not acquainted with the name of the Saint she had assumed, and I could not describe her in "the world," all my inquiries ...
— Awful Disclosures - Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published • Maria Monk

... twenty-eight he went to Paris to purchase silks and remained there many years. They did a highly profitable business for nearly fifty years. He received much social attention while in Paris. General Lafayette was specially friendly, and the families visited frequently. He was also highly honored in Boston, where he was a member of the city government—it was an honor in those days—for nine years, one of the trustees of Amherst College for forty years, a member of the Massachusetts ...
— Jukes-Edwards - A Study in Education and Heredity • A. E. Winship


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