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WAGNER

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• WAGNER (noun)
The noun WAGNER has 3 senses:

1. Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
2. German composer of operas and inventor of the music drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
3. the music of Wagner

Familiarity information: WAGNER used as a noun is uncommon.

• WAGNER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Otto Wagner; Wagner

Instance hypernyms:

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Richard Wagner; Wilhelm Richard Wagner; Wagner

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The music of Wagner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner

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

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

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(English proverb)
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"He who was left by the bald is taken by the hairy."
(Arabic proverb)
"A cheeky person owns half the world"
(Dutch proverb)

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