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