Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lafayette

3 senses of lafayette

Sense 1
Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette -- (French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834))
       INSTANCE OF=> soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")

Sense 2
Lafayette -- (a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 3
Lafayette -- (a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")