Lafitte is an English word with synonyms like laffite or pirate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lafitte meaning
- A surname from French.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Using Lafitte
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from French. | An unincorporated community in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- Useful related words include: laffite, jean laffite, jean lafitte, pirate.
- In the example corpus, lafitte often appears in combinations such as: jean lafitte, lafitte and, pierre lafitte.
Context around Lafitte
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lafitte
- In this selection, "lafitte" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jean, pierre, lainey, spent, hit and helped stand out and add context to how "lafitte" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1812 the lafitte brothers purchased and 8 when lafitte and other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lafitte" sits close to words such as accosted, adair and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lafitte
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lainey Lafitte hit a solo home run. (7 words)
Do you think you can find Jean Lafitte's buried treasures? (11 words)
On the other hand, Jean Lafitte helped out the government once. (11 words)
Davis (2005), p. 2. Acknowledging that details of Lafitte's first twenty years are sparse, Davis speculates that Lafitte spent much time at sea as a child, probably aboard ships owned by his father, a known trader. (37 words)
Cherie Boos, manager of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, in an authentically rustic, creaky floored 18th-century Creole cottage, said she’s hoping locals will help keep the bar financially afloat as Bourbon Street revives. (34 words)
Davis (2005), p. 436. These men were pardoned after testifying that they had deserted from Lafitte's ship in Galveston when they discovered it did not have a valid privateering commission. (31 words)
Do you think you can find Jean Lafitte's buried treasures? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
By this time, Lafitte's only known son, Jean Pierre Lafitte, had died in October 1832 during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans.
Davis (2005), p. 2. Acknowledging that details of Lafitte's first twenty years are sparse, Davis speculates that Lafitte spent much time at sea as a child, probably aboard ships owned by his father, a known trader.
Lainey Lafitte hit a solo home run.
Mr. Melancon at a restaurant in Lafitte, La., near New Orleans, in 2021.
Do you think you can find Jean Lafitte's buried treasures?
Cherie Boos, manager of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, in an authentically rustic, creaky floored 18th-century Creole cottage, said she’s hoping locals will help keep the bar financially afloat as Bourbon Street revives.
On the other hand, Jean Lafitte helped out the government once.
Although the city kept control of the eight ships taken from Lafitte, it did not have enough sailors to man them for defense.
Although under indictment, in March 1813 Lafitte registered as captain of Le Brig Goelette la Diligente for a supposed journey to New York.
An attorney representing Lafitte argued that the captured ships had flown the flag of Cartagena, an area at peace with the United States.
Davis (2005), p. 436. These men were pardoned after testifying that they had deserted from Lafitte's ship in Galveston when they discovered it did not have a valid privateering commission.
Davis (2005), p. 437. Almost half of the combined crew refused to sail as pirates; Lafitte allowed them to leave aboard his largest ship, the brig General Victoria.
Davis (2005), p. 459. For the first time, Lafitte was legally authorized to take Spanish ships.
Davis (2005), p. 468. Legacy A persistent rumor claimed that Lafitte rescued Napoleon (pictured) from exile and both of them ended their days in Louisiana.
Davis (2005), pp. 457 8. When Lafitte and other pirates operating in the area began attacking merchant ships carrying legal goods to Cuba, they angered Cuban officials.
Dissatisfied with their role as brokers, in October 1812 the Lafitte brothers purchased a schooner and hired a Captain Trey Cook to sail it.
End of Campeche In 1821, the schooner USS was sent to Galveston to remove Lafitte from the Gulf.
Film Part of the Barataria Preserve in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve *Saxon's novel was adapted for the Cecil B. DeMille movie The Buccaneer (1938).
Given the success of his auctions at the Temple, in January 1814 Lafitte set up a similar auction at a site just outside New Orleans.
He has found families with the surname Lafitte in Louisiana documents dating as early as 1765.
Common combinations with lafitte
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: