English noun: Marquette | |||
1. | Marquette (person) French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675) | ||
Synonyms | Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette | ||
Instance hypernym | missionary, missioner | ||
2. | Marquette (location) a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan | ||
Instance hypernym | town | ||
Part meronym | Great Lakes State, MI, Michigan, Wolverine State | ||