Definition of Marlowe

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

Exact synonyms: Christopher Marlowe
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright, Poet

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

Definition of Marlowe

1. Proper noun. (surname habitational from=Old English dot=) from the English place name Marlow. ¹

2. Proper noun. Christopher Marlowe (1564-93), English dramatist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlowe

Marks
Marks and Sparks
Markus
Marky
Marla
Marlboro
Marlborough
Marlburian
Marlburians
Marleen
Marlene
Marlene Dietrich
Marley
Marlovian
Marlovians
Marlowe (current term)
Marmaduke
Marmara
Marme's reagent
Marmite
Marmited
Marmites
Marmiting
Marmora
Marmota caligata
Marmota flaviventris
Marmota monax
Marne
Marne River
Marnie

Literary usage of Marlowe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The Works of Christopher Marlowe. With some Account of the Author, and Notes. ... Christopher Marlowe. Edited by Havelock Ellis; with a General Introduction ..."

2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"The Works of Christopher Marlowe. With some Account of the Author, and Notes. ... Christopher Marlowe. Edited by Havelock Eli.s; with a General Introduction ..."

3. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1893)
"comes to us as Marlowe wrote it, free from those interpolations which clouded the design in " Faustus;" and it may be said that Marlowe gave by it his ..."

4. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1884)
"The earlier dramatists, such as Nash, Peele, Kyd, Greene, and Marlowe, were for the most part poor, and reckless in their poverty ; wild livers, ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"Marlowe has one claim on our affection which everyone is ready to ... If there is any truth in the last statement, we may suppose that Marlowe gave up ..."

6. Shakespere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"The Poet and Dramatist inseparable in Marlowe—Character of Tamburlaine. ... Shakspere and Marlowe in the Chronicle-Play—Variety of Characters—Dialogue—The ..."

7. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"To raise the chronicle-history pla to the plane of artistic drama was the wor of two men, Marlowe and Shakespeare. Edward ¡1 is generally accepted as bein¡ ..."

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