Chrysler

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proper noun

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

“a Chrysler dealership”

CommonScrabble 16

Meanings

proper nounChrysler (countable and uncountable, plural Chryslers)

plural Chryslers

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

    a Chrysler dealership

  2. countableuncountableA 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. countableA surname.
nounChrysler (plural Chryslers)

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.

    1 more example

    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 baby

    1989, the B-52s, “Love Shack”, in Cosmic Thing, performed by the B-52s

Origin

  1. GermanKreißler
  2. EnglishChrysler

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

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APA

Chrysler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrysler

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“Chrysler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrysler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chrysler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrysler.

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