| Noun | 1. | Lafayette - French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)soldier - an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention" | |
| 2. | Lafayette - a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadianstown - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work" Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War | |
| 3. | Lafayette - a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash Rivertown - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work" | |