Associations to the word «Marquette»

Dictionary definition

MARQUETTE, noun. French missionary who accompanied Louis Joliet in exploring the upper Mississippi River valley (1637-1675).
MARQUETTE, noun. A town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca