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Chrysler

Chrysler proper noun: a motor vehicle brand (a make) owned by the Chrysler Corporation (1925–1998) and its successor corporations, most recently Stellantis.

chrysler: a motor vehicle brand (a make) owned by the Chrysler Corporation (1925–1998) and its successor...
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Proper noun

Chrysler (countable and uncountable, plural Chryslers)

  1. A motor vehicle brand (a make) owned by the Chrysler Corporation (1925–1998) and its successor corporations, most recently Stellantis.
    • a Chrysler dealership
  2. A former motor vehicle manufacturer, the Chrysler Corporation (1925–1998); its successor corporations still informally called by that name, most recently Stellantis's North American subsidiary.
    • From the 1920s through the 1960s, Chrysler was known within the automotive industry for impressive engineering.
  3. (countable) A surname.

Noun

Chrysler (plural Chryslers)

  1. An automobile of this make. (Formerly, often used as an example of a luxury car (mid-20th century).)
    • He was driving a brand-new Chrysler.
    • Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale
      And it's about to set sail
      I got me a car, it seats about twenty, so come on
      And bring your jukebox money
      The love shack is a little old place where
      We can get together
      Love shack baby1989, the B-52s, “Love Shack”, in Cosmic Thing, performed by the B-52s

Forms of Chrysler

Proper noun
pluralChryslers
Noun
pluralChryslers

Origin of Chrysler

From the motor company founded by and named after Walter Chrysler in 1925. Surname derives from German Kreißler.

Words formed from Chrysler

Questions about Chrysler

What does Chrysler mean?
Chrysler means a motor vehicle brand (a make) owned by the Chrysler Corporation (1925–1998) and its successor corporations, most recently Stellantis.
What part of speech is Chrysler?
Chrysler can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Chrysler in the dictionary

  1. chrysidoid
  2. chrysidoids
  3. chrysin
  4. Chrysippan
  5. Chrysippus
  6. Chrysler
  7. Chryslers
  8. chryso-
  9. chrysobactin
  10. chrysobalanaceous
  11. chrysoberyl

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