Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marquette

2 senses of marquette

Sense 1
Marquette, Jacques Marquette, Pere Jacques Marquette -- (French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675))
       INSTANCE OF=> missionary, missioner -- (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)

Sense 2
Marquette -- (a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")