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WAGNER
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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:
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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