Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marlowe

2 senses of marlowe

Sense 1
Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe -- (English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)
       INSTANCE OF=> poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2
Marlowe, Philip Marlowe -- (tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler)
       INSTANCE OF=> fictional character, fictitious character, character -- (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel")