Marquette

[ mahr-ket; for 1 also French mar-ket ]

/ mɑrˈkɛt; for 1 also French marˈkɛt /

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noun

Jacques

[zhahk] /ʒɑk/ "Père Marquette", 1637–75, French Jesuit missionary and explorer in America.

a city in N Michigan, on Lake Superior.

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Words nearby Marquette

Marquesan, Marquesas Islands, marquess, marquessate, marquetry, Marquette, Márquez, marquis, marquisate, marquise, marquisette

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How to use Marquette in a sentence

The transfer from Marquette made a three-pointer with 18 seconds to play that drew Virginia within 65-61 and had another clean look from behind the arc after a Wolfpack turnover.
Virginia, suddenly reeling, drops its third straight, this time at home to N.C. State|Gene Wang|February 25, 2021|Washington Post
Bennett has managed to alter the trajectory of the season even as he tinkers with a lineup that includes several new players, most notably Sam Hauser, a transfer from Marquette who sat out last season.
Virginia is in a familiar spot at the top of the ACC, thanks to an uncommon scoring surge|Gene Wang|January 21, 2021|Washington Post
Games against Providence, Marquette and DePaul were all also postponed.
Georgetown postpones fourth consecutive game due to covid-related issue in program|Kareem Copeland|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
The game scheduled for Wednesday night against DePaul was postponed, and games against Providence on Saturday and Marquette next Wednesday also were pushed back.
Georgetown basketball on pause after a positive test. Two more games are postponed.|Kareem Copeland|January 14, 2021|Washington Post

A loss to Marquette on Saturday started with turnovers on the first four possessions, and late second-half turnovers helped seal the deal.
Georgetown lets another double-digit lead slip away in a loss to Butler|Kareem Copeland|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.
Dr. Howard Fuller's Injustice Education|Campbell Brown|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An earlier Marquette Law School poll showed a tighter race, but with Burke again easily beating Walker by 18 points among women.
What Do Women Want? Not the GOP|Lloyd Green|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2006, when I was a visiting professor at Marquette, I found an envelope with the Esquire emblem on it in my campus mailbox.
Benjamin Percy: How I Write|Noah Charney|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her team helps steal the records of Sharon Marquette, an influential madam who is trying to keep her client list private.
ABC’s ‘Scandal’: Women in Washington, Political Power, and Holly Petraeus|Alyssa Rosenberg|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And there was a Marquette poll (PDF) of Wisconsin two weeks ago that had a plus-8 Democratic skew.
Are the Polls Really Biased for Obama?|Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov|September 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As these were Indian good manners, Marquette and Joliet submitted as gracefully as they could.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
After spending the night with these Indians, Joliet and Marquette were escorted back to their canoes.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
News of the triumph of the white men's God went far and wide, and Marquette found his missions easier after that.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete|Charles M. Skinner
Marquette, in 1673, spells the name of the river indifferently Meshkousing, and Mishkousing.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Marquette was a native of Laon, in Picardy, where his family was of distinguished rank.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

British Dictionary definitions for Marquette

Marquette

/ (mɑːˈkɛt) /

noun

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

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