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bard¹
- /bɑːd/ UK
- /bɑɹd/ US
Sounds like barred · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
First use appears c. 1449. From Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).
noun bards
- A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]
- A poet. Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.
- A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype. I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”
bard²
- /bɑːd/ UK
- /bɑɹd/ US
Sounds like barred · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
Where it comes from
From French barde. English since the late 15th century.
noun bards
- A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
- Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
- A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
- The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- Specifically, Peruvian bark.
verb bards · barding · barded
- To cover a horse in defensive armor. The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral
- To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard³
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- William Shakespeare. We have previously traced Shakespeare from his Birth-place to the Grammar School, and we shall now glance at his career as a lover, and in so doing propose a pleasant walk of a short mile to Shottery, a rural hamlet in the parish of Stratford, where Anne Hathaway resided, to whom the Bard became aff
BARD⁴
noun
- Abbreviation of beyond a reasonable doubt
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dress up, caparison, jongleur, minstrel, rhymer, sonneteer, poet, brad, cold, shakespeare, balladeer, troubadour, versifier, rhymester, songwriter, lyrist
Translations
Every language
noun professional poet and singer — see also minstrel
| Español | bardo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시인 siin, 음유시인 eumyusiin |
| 日本語 | 詩人 shijin, 吟遊詩人 gin'yū shijin |
| 中文 | 詩人 /诗人 shīrén, 吟遊詩人 /吟游诗人 yínyóu shīrén |
| Kiswahili | malenga |
| Português | poeta, bardo |
| Français | barde |
| Deutsch | Barde |
| Italiano | aedo, cantore, trovatore, poeta, vate |
| Ελληνικά | βάρδος várdos |
| Русский | бард bard, а́втор-исполни́тель ávtor-ispolnítelʹ |
Talk about this word "bard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bard "bard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bard.Cite this
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title = {bard},
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