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marquee player

marquee player noun: an outstanding athlete popular with audiences.

Noun

marquee player (plural marquee players)

  1. An outstanding athlete popular with audiences.
    • Without a doubt, Brees was a marquee player. Before the season even started 10 or 11 of our games already were designated as television games.2006, Joe Tiller with Tom Kubat, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, Champaign, IL: Sports Pub, →ISBN
  2. A player whose salary is exempt from capping.

Forms of marquee player

pluralmarquee players

Questions about marquee player

What does marquee player mean?
Marquee player means an outstanding athlete popular with audiences.
What part of speech is marquee player?
Marquee player is a noun.
What is the plural of marquee player?
The plural of marquee player is marquee players.

Words near marquee player in the dictionary

  1. Marquardts
  2. Marquart
  3. Marquarts
  4. marque
  5. marquee
  6. marquee player
  7. marquee players
  8. marquee value
  9. marqueed
  10. marqueeing
  11. marqueelike

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