Meaning of Marco Polo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A renowned traveler.
   countable
2. A hunting game—usually played in a swimming pool—where the seeker moves with closed eyes or blindfolded, finding the other players by calling "Marco" and reacting to the other players' replies of "Polo".
   uncountable

Examples

“Ibn Battuta has inevitably been compared with him and has usually taken second prize as "the Marco Polo of the Muslim world" or "the Marco Polo of the tropics"”

“Gene Hunt: Come on, then, Marco Polo. Which way? Sam Tyler: [consulting a blueprint] It's this way.”

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