Tannhäuser

[tan-hoi-zer, -hou-, tahn-hoi-zuhr]

noun

1. a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.

2. (italics),  an opera (1845) by Richard Wagner.

Tannhäuser

/ ˈtænˌhɔɪzə /

noun

1. 13th-century German minnesinger, commonly identified with a legendary knight who sought papal absolution after years spent in revelry with Venus. The legend forms the basis of an opera by Wagner