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noun
1.
a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars.
2.
a rooflike shelter, as of glass, projecting above an outer door and over a sidewalk or a terrace.
adjective
4.
superlative; headlining: a marquee basketball player.
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Marquee
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Example Sentences
- The season of the darkened marquee is suddenly becoming the season of the booking bonanza.
- The university also sported a marquee basketball program that galvanized fan support in a state with no professional teams.
- Hard to think of another marquee brand being sold for this small of an amount.
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Word Origin & History
marquee
1690, "large tent," from Fr. marquise (mistaken in Eng. as a plural) "linen canopy placed over an officer's tent to distinguish it from others'," lit. fem. of marquis, perhaps indicating "a place suitable for a marquis." Sense of "canopy over the entrance to a hotel or theater, etc." first recorded 1934
EXPANDin Amer.Eng.
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