Wolfe
Lupine family name
Wolfe is a surname, a spelling variant of Wolf.
Notable bearers include Tom Wolfe, the American journalist and novelist known for *The Bonfire of the Vanities* and coining "radical chic," and Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout's fictional detective.
The spelling with a final *e* gives the name a slightly more formal or literary feel.
Professional crime investigator
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- fictionImagined narrative work
characters · plot · genre · storytelling · voice · style · satire · social commentary
detective
Professional crime investigator
fiction · characters · plot · genre · storytelling · voice · style · satire · social commentary · mystery
alpha
First Greek letter
fierce · howl · wild · untamed · instinct · hunter · prowling · fangs · lupine · stalking
family
Related people together
clan · heritage · bloodline · descent · dynasty · forebears · relatives · descendants · pedigree · patronymic
WolfeErnest Hemingway
minimalism · Hemingway · Carver · Cormac McCarthy · spare prose
WolfeSam Spade
James Bond · Jack Reacher · action hero · man of action · hard-boiled detective
- lone wolfSelf-reliant individualist
- cry wolfGive false warnings
- wolf downEat very quickly
- crying wolfIssuing false warnings
- wolf in sheep's clothingConcealed threat appearing innocent
- alpha wolfDominant member of pack
wolf, wolves, wolfish, werewolf, wolverine, wolfhound, wolflike, wolfberry, wolfsbane