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MARQUETTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Marquette" is a part of...):

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Jacques Marquette; Marquette; Pere Jacques Marquette

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)

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