MARQUETTE, JACQUES


Meaning of MARQUETTE, JACQUES in English

Mar ‧ quette, Jacques /mɑːˈket $ mɑːr-, ʒæk $ ʒɑːk/ BrE AmE

(1637–75) a French ↑ missionary (=someone who goes to a foreign country to teach people about Christianity), and ↑ explorer in North America. He and Louis Joliet were the first Europeans to discover the ↑ Mississippi River.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.