Marquette

[ mahr-ket; for 1 also French mar-ket ]

noun
  1. Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ "Père Marquette", 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.

  2. a city in N Michigan, on Lake Superior.

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Marquette

/ (mɑːˈkɛt) /


noun
  1. Jacques (ʒak), known as Père Marquette. 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, with Louis Jolliet, of the Mississippi river

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