marquee player

noun

An outstanding athlete popular with audiences.

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Meanings

nounmarquee player (plural marquee players)

plural marquee players

  1. hobbiesAn 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. hobbiesA player whose salary is exempt from capping.
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APA

marquee player. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquee%20player

MLA

“marquee player.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquee%20player. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marquee player,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marquee%20player.

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