lafayette

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see also: Lafayette, LaFayette

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Noun

lafayette (plural lafayettes)

1. The dollarfish.
2. A market fish, the goody or spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

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Lafayette

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Proper noun

1. 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.
2. Any of a number of U.S. places named for the Marquis de La Fayette:
   1. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
   2. A city/and/home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado.
   3. A city/county seat in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   4. A large city/parish seat in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
   5. A small city in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
   6. A village in Allen County, Ohio.
   7. CDP in Madison County, Ohio.
   8. A city in Lamhill County, Oregon.
   9. A city/county seat in Macon County, Tennessee.
   10. CDP in Montgomery County, Virginia.
   11. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
   12. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   13. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
3. (US) A male given name, originally in honor of the Marquis.

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LaFayette

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Proper noun

1. A city/county seat in Chambers County, Alabama.
2. A city/county seat in Walker County, Georgia.
3. A home rule city in Christian County, Kentucky.
4. A town in Onondaga County, New York.

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