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Miss Marple

Miss Marple noun: a detective, especially an older woman.

Noun

Miss Marple (plural Miss Marples)

  1. A detective, especially an older woman.
    • The indomitable seventy-one-year-old chemistry professor, Mary Louisa Willard, the Miss Marple of State College, had arrived to help her boys find whatever material evidence might remain after the unfortunate contamination of the crime scene early Friday night. She was certain that something was...2014, David Dekok, Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away, Globe Pequot
    • Le Dœuff has been rightly described as 'a female detective' - the Miss Marple of philosophy; with her finely tuned skills of logic, lucidity and wit, she carefully teases out the philosophical, as well as the political issues within the history of texts.2023, Michele Le Doeuff, Pamela Sue Anderson, editor, In Dialogue with Michèle Le Doeuff: Philosophies, Encounters and Friendship, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 14

Forms of Miss Marple

pluralMiss Marples

Origin of Miss Marple

From the Agatha Christie character Miss Marple.

Questions about Miss Marple

What does Miss Marple mean?
Miss Marple means a detective, especially an older woman.
What part of speech is Miss Marple?
Miss Marple is a noun.
What is the plural of Miss Marple?
The plural of Miss Marple is Miss Marples.

Words near Miss Marple in the dictionary

  1. miss gurls
  2. Miss Havisham-esque
  3. Miss Havishamesque
  4. Miss Havisham–esque
  5. Miss Lucy
  6. Miss Marple
  7. miss off
  8. miss one's guess
  9. miss one's tip
  10. miss oneself
  11. miss out

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