1. Marlowe - Noun
2. Marlowe - Proper noun
tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression; was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (1564-1593)
Source: WordNetChristopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written. Noël Coward
The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe. Kim Novak
Marlowe anticipated Whitman's barbaric yawp by setting up a national PA system of blank verse – a rising iambic system of sound to suit the new success story. Marshall McLuhan
All of a sudden I had to remember some words that Marlowe had told me over fifteen years ago: "Dead men don't wear plaid." Hmm... Dead men don't wear plaid. I still don't know what it means. Steve Martin
After a performance one night, Margo's close friend Karen Richards ( Celeste Holm ), wife of the play's author Lloyd Richards ( Hugh Marlowe ), meets besotted fan Eve Harrington in the cold alley outside the stage door. Source: Internet
A new pavilion was opened by David Gower on 17 September 2005 *Blackfriars The Cleary Foundation donated the refectory of the 13th-century friary by the Marlowe Theatre as an art school and gallery. Source: Internet