marco polo

1. 1.

   Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)

   SynonymsPolo

   Broadertraveler

Questions about marco polo

What does marco polo mean?

marco polo means "Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)".

What is another word for marco polo?

Close synonyms include Polo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marco polo a common word?

marco polo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.