a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars.
a rooflike shelter, as of glass, projecting above an outer door and over a sidewalk or a terrace.
Also marquess, marquise .British. a large tent or tentlike shelter with open sides, especially one for temporary use in outdoor entertainments, receptions, etc.
adjective
superlative; headlining: a marquee basketball player.
Origin of marquee
1680–90; assumed singular of marquise, taken as plural
Girls in the Valley would be Influences’ marquee project, located in a home owned by Ari’s famous friend and client, former Disney Channel actress turned tabloid staple Bella Thorne.
How a TikTok house destroyed itself|Rebecca Jennings|October 1, 2020|Vox
Leonard Green, a firm known for its investments in marquee consumer brands like Whole Food Markets and Neiman Marcus, joined the rush.
Investors Extracted $400 Million From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances|by Peter Elkind with Doris Burke|September 30, 2020|ProPublica
Beyond offering advertisers large audiences around marquee segments like “fashion” or “music,” Vice has begun working more recently to open up more prescriptive subsegments — like “jewelry” for example.
‘Re-architecting the entire process’: How Vice is preparing for life after the third-party cookie|Lara O'Reilly|September 17, 2020|Digiday
Given that its marquee names pretty much set the market’s direction, let’s examine what Big Tech’s past trajectory tells us about where where the group is headed.
Will tech stocks stumble or slide? What the fundamentals tell us|Shawn Tully|September 16, 2020|Fortune
The marquee mission, however, is NASA’s Europa Clipper, which should launch in 2024.
The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars|Neel Patel|August 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review
I was going to ask if you had nerves about opening on Broadway without a marquee name.
Nigel Lythgoe on How to Save Reality TV, ‘On the Town,’ and ‘Brokeback Ballroom’|Kevin Fallon|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It turned out that Steven Spielberg—and other marquee names—had beaten me to it.
There’s Nothing Wrong—and a Lot That’s Right—About Copying Other Artists|Malcolm Jones|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is four years since the Republicans have won a marquee race in Virginia, and now both Virginia senators are Democrats.
Election Night 2013: The Center Speaks|Lloyd Green|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cruz quickly became the marquee candidate for the Senate Conservatives Fund and later Senate Conservatives Action.
Ted Cruz’s Fake Fight Against Obamacare Is Making Millions|Patricia Murphy|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eastwood, who was supposed to be the warm-up act for Marco Rubio introducing Romney, wound up with marquee billing.
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"The only thing is, I can't exactly remember what a marquee is like," he said.
The Mysterious Shin Shira|George Edward Farrow
They took him up to the marquee of the Surgeon of the Division.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals|William H. Armstrong
We walked out into the darkness and made for our own marquee.
Combed Out|Fritz August Voigt
Then Bindle strove to explain the composite tragedy of the missing field-kitchen and marquee, to say nothing of the bishop.
Mrs. Bindle|Hebert Jenkins
In the center is an officer's marquee with an eagle, wings spread, perched on top.
American Military Insignia 1800-1851|J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.
British Dictionary definitions for marquee
marquee
/ (mɑːˈkiː) /
noun
a large tent used for entertainment, exhibition, etc
Also called: marquisemainlyUS and Canadiana canopy over the entrance to a theatre, hotel, etc
(modifier)mainlyUS and Canadiancelebrated or pre-eminenta marquee player
Word Origin for marquee
C17 (originally an officer's tent): invented singular form of marquise, erroneously taken to be plural