lafayette

English Thesaurus

1. a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	hoosier state, in, indiana,
definition	:	a state in midwestern United States (noun.location)

2. a town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	la, louisiana, pelican state,
definition	:	a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (noun.location)

3. French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	soldier,
definition	:	an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army (noun.person)