bard
1(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
one of an ancient Celtic order of composers and reciters of poetry.
any poet.
the bard, William Shakespeare.
Origin of bard
1Other words from bard
- bardic, adjective
- bardish, bardlike, adjective
- bardship, noun
Other definitions for bard (2 of 2)
Armor. any of various pieces of defensive armor for a horse.
Cooking. a thin slice of fat or bacon secured to a roast of meat or poultry to prevent its drying out while cooking.
Armor. to caparison with bards.
Cooking. to secure thin slices of fat or bacon to (a roast of meat or poultry) before cooking.
Origin of bard
2- Also barde (for defs. 1, 3) .
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How to use bard in a sentence
Of the oldest bardic poetry very little has as yet been published, and less translated.
Ancient Irish Poetry | VariousAs early as 1762 the first bardic translations appeared, and Deniss work came out in 1768.
Laurence Sterne in Germany | Harvey Waterman ThayerWith the steady advance of the English power after 1600 it was only natural that the school of bardic poets should decline.
They had to carry, written only in their heads, an immense body of bardic and religious legendary history and philosophy.
He marks too the transition, as we pointed out, from the old bardic tradition in Irish poetry.
British Dictionary definitions for bard (1 of 3)
/ (bɑːd) /
(formerly) one of an ancient Celtic order of poets who recited verses about the exploits, often legendary, of their tribes
(in modern times) a poet who wins a verse competition at a Welsh eisteddfod
archaic, or literary any poet, esp one who writes lyric or heroic verse or is of national importance
Origin of bard
1Derived forms of bard
- bardic, adjective
- bardism, noun
British Dictionary definitions for bard (2 of 3)
barde
/ (bɑːd) /
a piece of larding bacon or pork fat placed on game or lean meat during roasting to prevent drying out
an ornamental caparison for a horse
to place a bard on
Origin of bard
2British Dictionary definitions for Bard (3 of 3)
/ (bɑːd) /
the Bard an epithet of William Shakespeare
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