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What (who) is marquee - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Marquees; MARQUEE; Marquee (disambiguation)

marquee         
(marquees)
1.
A marquee is a large tent which is used at a fair, garden party, or other outdoor event, usually for eating and drinking in.
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2.
A marquee is a cover over the entrance of a building, for example a hotel or a theatre. (AM)
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Marquee         
·noun A large field tent; ·esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
marquee         
[m?:'ki:]
¦ noun
1. chiefly Brit. a large tent used for social or commercial functions.
2. N. Amer. a roof-like projection over the entrance to a theatre, hotel, or other building.
3. [as modifier] N. Amer. leading; pre-eminent: a marquee player.
Origin
C17: from marquise, taken as plural and assimilated to -ee; sense 3 is with allusion to billing the name of an entertainer over the entrance to a theatre.

Wikipedia

Marquee

Marquee may refer to:

  • Marquee (structure), a sign placed over the entrance to an establishment
  • Marquee (tent), a large tent, generally used as a temporary building
  • Marquee (TV series), 1979 Canadian drama television series
  • Marquee Cinemas, a movie theater chain in the United States
  • Marquee Club, commonly called The Marquee, a rock club in London
  • Marquee element, an HTML tag that makes text scroll across the page as if on a marquee
  • Marquee Sports Network, a Chicago-based regional sports cable channel
  • Marquee Theatre, a concert venue in Tempe, Arizona, United States
  • "Marquee Sign" (song), a 2017 single by Sara Evans
  • "Marquee", a song by Super Chunk from their 1997 album Indoor Living
  • Marquee Broadcasting, a small broadcasting company in the United States
Examples of use of marquee
1. And any other bidder wouldn‘t include Kinder. ‘Marquee name‘ "He is the marquee name, he‘s the visionary.
2. The latest marquee hire, I hear, is at DLA Piper.
3. "Rita Who?" reads the marquee outside Skeeter‘s Bar and Grill.
4. She was heartened to see the marquee changed Wednesday.
5. Among the other marquee candidates, former Massachusetts Gov.