Wagner
- Ho·nus [hoh-nuh s] /ˈhoʊ nəs/, John Peter, 1874–1955, U.S. baseball player.
- Ot·to [ot-oh; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ; German ˈɔt oʊ/, 1841–1918, Austrian architect.
- Rich·ard [rich-erd; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/, 1813–83, German composer.
- Robert F(erdinand),1877–1953, U.S. politician.
- his sonRobert F(erdinand), Jr.,1910–91, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1954–65.
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Contemporary Examples of wagner
And all of a sudden, the bill that Rockefeller and Wagner had declared dead was very much alive.
Honey says he believes that Corker and other pols “are probably violating the Wagner Act.”
Wagner, as irascible and cynical as he can be, is a subtly empathetic writer.
Wagner has seen it all, and he had just written that book Pieces of My Heart.
“Forty years ago, the Supreme Court lit a spark that grew into a flame and the fire spread,” said Wagner.
Historical Examples of wagner
Lit up some when Mr. Wagner sent him one of his love letters.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
Across the Street, Mr. Wagner wrote something in the dark and then lighted a match.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
At that name she turned to me and exclaimed, "Do you like Wagner?"
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
The disciples had spent their all for the master whom they loved as they hated the name of Wagner.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
They one and all hated Wagner, adoring Chopin's magic music.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Wagner
- 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
- (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 Tannhäuser (1845; revised 1861), Tristan and Isolde (1865), and Parsifal (1882)