MARLOWE

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• MARLOWE (noun)
  The noun MARLOWE has 2 senses:

1. English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)

2. tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler

  Familiarity information: MARLOWE used as a noun is rare.

• MARLOWE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christopher Marlowe; Marlowe

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Marlowe; Philip Marlowe

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)