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PHILIP MARLOWE
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• PHILIP MARLOWE (noun)
The noun PHILIP MARLOWE has 1 sense:
1. tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
Familiarity information: PHILIP MARLOWE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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)
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