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.

• PHILIP MARLOWE (noun)

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)