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WAGNER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The music of Wagner

Example:

they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Wagner" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)

Synonyms:

Richard Wagner; Wagner; Wilhelm Richard Wagner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

Derivation:

Wagnerian (of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)

Synonyms:

Otto Wagner; Wagner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))

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