I. Wag ‧ ner, Ho ‧ nus /ˈwæɡnəʳ, ˈhəʊnəs/ BrE AmE
(1874–1955) a US baseball player who became one of the first members of the baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. He was called ‘the Flying Dutchman’, and the BASEBALL CARD with his picture on it is considered extremely valuable.
II. Wag ‧ ner, Richard /ˈvɑːɡnəʳ/ BrE AmE
(1813–83) a German ↑ composer who is most famous for his long ↑ opera s , which include Tristram and Isolde and especially his series of four operas based on German ↑ mythology , called the Ring of the Nibelung . His music is often in a very exciting, ↑ dramatic style. He started his own theatre at ↑ Bayreuth and his operas are still performed there every summer.
—Wagnerian /vɑːɡˈnɪ ə riən/ adjective