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marquee


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marquee  \Mar*quee"\,  n.  [F.  marquise,  misunderstood  as  a  plural; 
  prob.  orig.,  tent  of  the  marchioness.  See  {Marquis}.] 
  A  large  field  tent;  esp.,  one  adapted  to  the  use  of  an 
  officer  of  high  rank.  [Written  also  {markee}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  marquee 
  n  1:  large  and  often  sumptuous  tent  [syn:  {pavilion}] 
  2:  permanent  canopy  over  an  entrance  of  a  hotel  etc  [syn:  {marquise}] 




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