marquee

[ mahr-kee ]
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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.

  1. Also marquess, marquise .British. a large tent or tentlike shelter with open sides, especially one for temporary use in outdoor entertainments, receptions, etc.

adjective
  1. superlative; headlining: a marquee basketball player.

Origin of marquee

1
1680–90; assumed singular of marquise, taken as plural

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British Dictionary definitions for marquee

marquee

/ (mɑːˈkiː) /


noun
  1. a large tent used for entertainment, exhibition, etc

  2. Also called: marquise mainly US and Canadian a canopy over the entrance to a theatre, hotel, etc

  1. (modifier) mainly US and Canadian celebrated or pre-eminent: a marquee player

Origin of marquee

1
C17 (originally an officer's tent): invented singular form of marquise, erroneously taken to be plural

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