Marlowe

American  

[mahr-loh] / ˈmɑr loʊ /

noun

1. Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.

2. Julia Sarah Frances Frost Sothern, 1866–1950, U.S. actress born in England (wife of E. H. Sothern).

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Marlowe British  

/ ˈmɑːləʊ /

noun

1. Christopher. 1564–93, English dramatist and poet, who established blank verse as a creative form of dramatic expression. His plays include Tamburlaine the Great (1590), Edward II (?1592), and Dr Faustus (1604). He was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl

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Example Sentences

Away from the camera, Muldoon - who had a band called The Sleeping Masses - also worked behind the scenes, producing films such as The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Arkansas and Marlowe.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

One of the most recognisable winners of the night was Charley Marlowe, a Radio 1 presenter, who won entertainment creator of the year.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

New discoveries and old hunches borne out by computer analysis have indicated how often and how deeply he collaborated with writers such as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd and John Fletcher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

As detective types go, Lee is closer in appearance to The Dude in “The Big Lebowski” than Philip Marlowe, the main difference being that he has a job as a rare books purveyor.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

She imagined her great-grandfather Clive Marlowe tramping through these very woods alone when he was just a few years older than Jess.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis