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Wagner

wag·ner

US/ˈwæɡnɚ/ fairly common

noun

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

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the music of Wagner

  • “they say that Hitler listened only to Wagner”

Origin

Borrowed from German Wagner (literally “wainwright”), later conflated with wheelwright. See also the English surnames Wainwright and Wheelwright. Doublet of Wagoner. As the name of a private military company, borrowed from Russian Ва́гнер (Vágner). Reportedly the call sign of Russian GRU officer and company founder Dmitry Utkin, which was ultimately named after German composer Richard Wagner.

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