Bard of Avon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bard of Avon
First recorded in 1880–1885
Example Sentences
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He’s been in Shakespearean villain territory many times, but this most recent selfish and heartless move puts him up there with the vilest villains the Bard of Avon ever created.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
This charming spoof purports to be a long-lost work for younger readers by the Bard of Avon himself.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2020
Stevens began expressing his doubts about the Bard of Avon in November of 1987, at a moot-court hearing on the topic “Who Wrote Shakespeare?”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
The meeting on the vision statement descends into chaos, and the campus newspaper, followed by the national media, mistakenly concludes that tenured radicals are trying to ban the Bard of Avon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
Although she had spent a great part of her life interpreting the Bard of Avon, she had never seen one of his plays produced.
From Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
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