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Wagner

[wag-ner, vahg-ner, vahg-nuhr]

noun

  1. Honus John Peter, 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.

  2. Otto 1841–1918, Austrian architect.

  3. Richard 1813–83, German composer.

  4. Robert F(erdinand), 1877–1953, U.S. politician.

  5. his son Robert F(erdinand), Jr., 1910–91, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1954–65.



Wagner

/ ˈɑːɡə /

noun

  1. Otto. 1841–1918, Austrian architect, whose emphasis on function and structure in such buildings as the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna (1904–06), influenced the development of modern architecture

  2. ( Wilhelm ) Richard (ˈrɪçart). 1813–83, German romantic composer noted chiefly for his invention of the music drama. His cycle of four such dramas The Ring of the Nibelung was produced at his own theatre in Bayreuth in 1876. His other operas include ղԲԳäܲ (1845; revised 1861), Tristan and Isolde (1865), and Parsifal (1882)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The Wagner Group has announced it is withdrawing from Mali following what it called "the completion of its main mission" in the West African country.

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Arsonists were "livestreamed" as they set fire to a business supplying Starlink satellite equipment to Ukraine after being recruited by agents for the Russian mercenary group Wagner, a court has heard.

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That dichotomy made Hill wonder how he could convince his boss, coach Jim Wagner, to motivate Falstaff to do more while rewarding Chinen with more playing time.

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Supervisor Don Wagner pointed out that the 226 inmates who were referred to ICE constituted a small part of the more than 48,000 bookings that occurred in the jail last year.

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Sen. Robert Wagner from New York introduced a bill modeled on the program in 1939, but Germany’s invasion of Poland pushed it off the agenda.

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