MARQUETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marquette mean? 

• MARQUETTE (noun)
  The noun MARQUETTE has 2 senses:

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

2. a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan

  Familiarity information: MARQUETTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARQUETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jacques Marquette; Marquette; Pere Jacques Marquette

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

A new study from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University links artificial sweeteners to obesity and diabetes, claiming sweeteners change how the body processes fat and uses energy.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We observed that in moderation, your body has the machinery to handle sugar, said Brian Hoffmann, lead researcher on the study and assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)