Definition of Pere jacques marquette

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

Exact synonyms: Jacques Marquette, Marquette
Generic synonyms: Missionary, Missioner

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pere Jacques Marquette

Percherons
Percidae
Percina
Percina tanasi
Percival
Percival Lowell
Percoll
Percophidae
Percy
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Grainger
Perdicidae
Perdicinae
Perdix perdix
Pere Jacques Marquette
Peregrine
Perejil
Pereskia
Pereskia aculeata
Perez
Perez' sign
Perez reflex
Perfecter of the Elect
Pergamum
Periactin
Pericallis
Pericallis cruenta
Pericallis hybrida
Periclean

Literary usage of Pere jacques marquette

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Francis Parkman by Francis Parkman, John Fiske (1897)
"... at La Pointe — of the great river which they had crossed on their way,2 and which, as he conjectured, flowed 1 Lettre du pere jacques marquette au RP ..."

2. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman (1870)
"... lived on its banks; and a strong desire possessed him, to explore the mystery of its course. A sudden calam- 1 Lettre du pere jacques marquette au RP ..."

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