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Pulitzer

Syllables: Pu·lit·zerUK/ˈpʊlɪtsə//ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/

Pulitzer is the ellipsis of Pulitzer Prize.

Meaning of Pulitzer Prize

Noun

Pulitzer Prize (plural Pulitzer Prizes)

  1. An annual American award given for journalism, literature, and music
    • She won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on health care.

Proper noun

Pulitzer

  1. A surname.

Forms of Pulitzer

pluralPulitzers

Origin of Pulitzer

See Pulitzer Prize.

Phrases with Pulitzer

Questions about Pulitzer

What does Pulitzer mean?
Pulitzer means a surname.
What is Pulitzer the ellipsis of?
Pulitzer is the ellipsis of Pulitzer Prize.
What part of speech is Pulitzer?
Pulitzer is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pulitzer?
Pulitzer is pronounced /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/ (US).

Words near Pulitzer in the dictionary

  1. pulings
  2. puliol royal
  3. pulis
  4. Pulises
  5. pulissery
  6. Pulitzer
  7. Pulitzer Prize
  8. Pulitzer Prizes
  9. Pulitzers
  10. pulk
  11. pulka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pulitzer (page history and authors); Pulitzer Prize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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