Marlboro Man

Marlboro man English Alternative forms en Marlboro man Etymology From the brand name of Marlboro cigarettes; first used in the mid-1950s. Noun Marlboro Man Marlboro Men An iconic male character depicted in cigarette advertisements as a rugged, handsome, physically active, and very masculine smoker; a real or fictional man whose appearance or behavior evokes this character. en 1958-03-24 http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868359,00.html Sport: Ladies' Day Time 14 July 2014 The weather would have discouraged a Marlboro man. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084305/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868359,00.html 7 March 2016 en 1990-03-11 w:Ronald Steel http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/books/the-long-shadow-of-ambition.html The Long Shadow of Ambition book review of Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro New York Times 14 July 2014 This one, if not a knight in shining armor, is at least a Marlboro man: a tall, lanky, self-taught lawyer of "broad shoulders," whose personality, "strong and silent," was the very "embodiment of what Texans liked to think of as 'Texan.'" https://web.archive.org/web/20260125163807/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/books/the-long-shadow-of-ambition.html 25 January 2026 en 1997 David Koepp (screenplay) The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal Pictures w:Jeff Goldblum Dr. Ian Malcolm "What are you talking about? Five years of work and a hundred miles of electrified fence couldn't prepare the other island. And you think that, what? A couple dozen Marlboro men were going to make a difference here?" en 2006-01-08 Jonathan Romney http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/brokeback-mountain-15-6112433.html Brokeback Mountain The Independent (UK) 14 July 2014 A rugged landscape, two rugged men—stetsons, corduroy and denim—both gazing terse and tight-jawed at the Wyoming mountainscape. . . . This is Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, but it could have been called Secret Sex Lives of the Marlboro Men. https://web.archive.org/web/20250124204551/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/brokeback-mountain-15-6112433.html 24 January 2025 Synonyms en he-man; see also Thesaurus:hypermasculine man en People