jean laffite

1. 1.

   French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)

   SynonymsLaffiteLafitteJean Lafitte

   Broaderpirate

Questions about jean laffite

What does jean laffite mean?

jean laffite means "French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826)".

What is another word for jean laffite?

Close synonyms include Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Lafitte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jean laffite a common word?

jean laffite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.