Home › Words › W › wurlitzerwurlitzerwurlitzer means A surname from German.EtymologyBorrowed from German Wurlitzer; the jukebox is named after Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914).nameA surname from German.nounA jukebox manufactured by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company.e.g.“He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer, and he pushed / Three buttons and the thing began to whirr” — 1971, Joni Mitchell, “The Last Time I Saw Richard”, in Blue:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jukie 66% match — A jukebox (machine for playing music). vs wurlitzer →jukebox 63% match — A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. vs wurlitzer →crosley 51% match — A record player of the Crosley brand. vs wurlitzer →polyphon 45% match — A wooden-cased music box of a kind typically manufactured in Germany. vs wurlitzer →willyer 45% match — One who operates a device for willying. vs wurlitzer →ruger 45% match — A firearm manufactured by the Ruger company. vs wurlitzer →organette 45% match — An early mechanical accordion that played music encoded on rolls of perforated paper. vs wurlitzer →jingler 44% match — One who, or that which, jingles. vs wurlitzer →