Meanings
plural Pfizers
- A surname from German.
- An mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19, developed by BioNTech in cooperation with Pfizer.
I will make only one comment: I have two Pfizers and a booster and a flu shot. That’s all I’m going to say.
2022 January 22, David Marchese, “Temple Grandin Wants Us to Think Differently About Kids Who Think Differently”, in The New York Times Magazine1 more example
For the record, Stone has been quadruple-vaxxed against covid-19: “Two Sputniks and two Pfizers,” he says proudly.
2021 December 22, Ann Hornaday, “‘JFK’ at 30: Oliver Stone and the lasting impact of America’s most dangerous movie”, in The Washington PostSynonyms: tozinameran, Comirnaty
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19, developed by BioNTech in cooperation with Pfizer.
Origin
- GermanPfizer
- EnglishPfizer
Borrowed from German Pfizer. The biotechnology company was named after one of its co-founders, German-American businessman Charles Pfizer (1824–1906).
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Pfizer
- Pfizersurname from German
Cite this entry
Pfizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pfizer
“Pfizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pfizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pfizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pfizer.
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