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

1 sense of philip marlowe

Sense 1
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")