marqueePronunciation: /mɑːˈkiː/Translate marquee | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of marquee noun 1chiefly British a large tent used for social or commercial functions. 2North American a canopy projecting over the entrance to a theatre, hotel, or other building. [as modifier] leading; pre-eminent:a marquee player[with allusion to the practice of billing the name of an entertainer on the canopy over the entrance to a theatre]Origin: late 17th century: from marquise, taken as plural and assimilated to -eemarquee in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of marquee in the US English dictionary