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Marquette

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Marquette

1
 n
French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
2
 n
a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Marquette
1

n French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)

Synonyms:
Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette
Example of:
missionary, missioner
someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
2

n a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan

Example of:
town
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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