marquee
adjective/mɑːˈkiː/
/mɑːrˈkiː/
[only before noun] (especially North American English)- (especially in sport) most important or most popular
- He is one of the marquee names in men's tennis.
- The men’s and women’s 200m are the marquee events.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from marquise, taken as plural and assimilated to -ee.Definitions on the go
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