Meaning Of The Word Tannhäuser
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Tannhäuser Meaning
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Tannhäuser in American English
a German knight and minnesinger of the 13th cent., dealt with in legend as a knight who seeks absolution after giving himself up to revelry in Venusberg noun: 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 Tannhäuser in British English noun: a 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 |
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