/laf'ee et", laf'ay-, lah'fee-, -fay-/ ; for 1 also Fr. /lann fann yet"/ , n.
1. Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier /mann rddee" zhaw zef" pawl eev rddawk zheel berdd" dyuu maw tyay"/ , Marquis de . Also, La Fayette . 1757-1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
2. a city in S Louisiana. 81,961.
3. a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River. 43,001.
4. a town in W California. 20,879.