Marquette

[ mahr-ket; French mar-ket ]

noun

1. Jacques [zhahk] Père Marquette, 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.
2. a city in N Michigan, on Lake Superior.

Marquette

/ mɑːˈkɛt /

noun

1. MarquetteJacques16371675MFrenchRELIGION: Jesuit missionaryTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Jacques (ʒak), known as Père Marquette. 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer, with Louis Jolliet, of the Mississippi river

Example Sentences

Democratic attorneys general won 83% of the 155 lawsuits they brought against the first Trump administration, according to a tally by Paul Nolette, a political science professor at Marquette University.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking to the BBC in May from Jordan's family home in the city of Marquette, Jordan's mother praised the police for their work tracking the sextortionists down.

From BBC

By Thursday, however, he had only three such polls — one from CNN, one from Quinnipiac University and one from Marquette University Law School.

From New York Times

He currently has three of those qualifying polls, one from CNN, one from Quinnipiac University and one from Marquette University Law School.

From New York Times

A Marquette Law School Poll completed in mid-May suggested the verdict might have some effect on the presidential race.

From Los Angeles Times