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noun
1North American a rooflike projection over the entrance to a theater, hotel, or other building. [as modifier] leading; preeminent:a marquee player[with allusion to the practice of billing the name of an entertainer on the marquee (i.e., awning) over the entrance to a theater]
2chiefly
British a large tent used for social or commercial functions.
