name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Wurlitzer
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CMU ARPABET: W ER1 L IH0 T S ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A jukebox manufactured by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
United States businessman (born in German) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Rudolf Wurlitzer
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Broader terms: businessman, man of affairs
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wurlitzer; the jukebox is named after Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914).