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Marquette

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Mar·quette  (mär-kt), Père Jacques 1637-1675.
French missionary who in 1673 accompanied Louis Jolliet on an extensive exploration of the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois rivers.
Marquette [mɑːˈkɛt]
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(Biographies / Marquette, Jacques (1637-1675) M, French, RELIGION: Jesuit missionary, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Jacques (ʒak), known as Père Marquette. 1637- 75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, with Louis Jolliet, of the Mississippi river
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Noun1.Marquette - French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)Marquette - French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette
2.Marquette - a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan
Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State, MI - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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