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Mar·quette

(mär-kĕt′), Père Jacques 1637-1675.

French missionary who in 1673 accompanied Louis Jolliet on an extensive exploration of the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers.

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Marquette

(mɑːˈkɛt)

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

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Mar•quette

(mɑrˈkɛt)

n.

Jacques ( “Père Marquette” ), 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.

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Noun	1.	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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