Reference meaning
Marquette
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French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675)
Related source terms
jacques marquettepere jacques marquette
Other meanings
2. noun
a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan
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