lafayette Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


La`fa`yette" noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The dollar fish. (b) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

Webster 1913