(1637–75), French Jesuit missionary and explorer. Arriving in Canada in 1666, he played a prominent part in the attempt to convert the North American Indians to Christianity, and explored the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers.
Definition of Marquette, Jacques in US English:
Marquette, Jacques
proper nounmärˈket
(1637–75), French Jesuit missionary and explorer. Arriving in Canada in 1666, he played a prominent part in the attempt to convert the North American Indians to Christianity, and explored the Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers.