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Wurlitzer

Wurlitzer proper noun: a surname from German.

wurlitzer: a surname from German
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Proper noun

Wurlitzer (plural Wurlitzers)

  1. A surname from German.

Noun

Wurlitzer (plural Wurlitzers)

  1. A jukebox manufactured by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company.
    • He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer, and he pushed / Three buttons and the thing began to whirr1971, Joni Mitchell, “The Last Time I Saw Richard”, in Blue
    • Frenchy was dancin' over by the jukebox, the old Wurlitzer with the neon-type lights that wrapped in an arc over the top and down almost to the floor. Well, it's an old Wurlitzer now but it was pretty new then.2004, Sam Nelson, The Addict, page 75

Forms of Wurlitzer

Proper noun
pluralWurlitzers
Noun
pluralWurlitzers

Origin of Wurlitzer

Borrowed from German Wurlitzer; the jukebox is named after Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914).

Questions about Wurlitzer

What does Wurlitzer mean?
Wurlitzer means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Wurlitzer?
Wurlitzer can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Wurlitzer in the dictionary

  1. wurleys
  2. wurlie
  3. wurlier
  4. wurlies
  5. wurliest
  6. Wurlitzer
  7. Wurlitzers
  8. wurly
  9. wurmal
  10. wurmals
  11. wurn

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