Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Our present-day conception of an orc or ork is one of a race of mythical humanoid creatures, generally described as brutish, aggressive and repulsive, stemming from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, where orcs contrast with the benevolent Elvish race.
1 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757â1834), French general and American Revolutionary War general. 2  Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name.  La Fayette, Alabama, a city.
Residents of the Place des Vosges. 1  No. 1bis Madame de SevignÃ© was born here. 2  No. 6, Maison de Victor Hugo Victor Hugo from 1832 to 1848, in what was then the HÃ´tel de Rohan (The Princes of GuÃ©mÃ©nÃ©e line), now a museum devoted to his memory, managed by the City of Paris. 3  No. 7 Sully, Henri IV's great minister.