bard

Definitions

1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. Abbreviation of beyond a reasonable doubt.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
4. 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.
5. A poet.
   broadly
6. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
7. William Shakespeare.
   usually, with-definite-article
8. conflict
9. A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
10. A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
11. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
12. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Equivalents

30 more languages

العربيةالشّاعربَردَعَهشاعر

Българскибард

Catalàbard

Češtinabard

Cymraegbardd

Ελληνικάαοιδόςβάρδος

Esperantobardo

فارسیسراینده

Suomibardirunoilijarunoseppärunosepposilava+ 2 more

Gaeilgebard

Gàidhligbàrd

Galegoalbardabardoloriga

हिन्दीबंदी

Magyarbárddalnok

Bahasa Indonesiabardir

Italianoaedocantorepoetatrovatorevate+ 2 more

日本語吟遊詩人詩人

ქართულიბარდი

한국어시인음유시인

Kurdîbard

Latinabardusvates

Македонскибард

Nederlandsbard

Polskibard

Portuguêsbardopoeta

Русскийа́втор-исполни́тельбард

Svenskabard

Kiswahilimalenga

తెలుగువైతాళికుడు

Türkçeozan

Examples

“He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]”

“A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW⟳, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.”

“Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.”

“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.””

“"Having a bard would be even less helpful than having a second wizard, " John interjects.”

“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 affianced at a very early period in his life.”

“It evidently needs no effort on the part of Mr. Booth to put⟳ himself en rapport with the ideal of the great Bard.”

“Nearly a dozen such enterprises now struggle⟳ each summer against the vagaries of rough weather and mosquito swarms to bring⟳ the Bard to the nation.”

“I hope⟳ that the selection of stories is illuminating for those who have⟳ never thought about what happened after the death of the immortal Bard.”

““We are going to undertake⟳ an exploration of the Bard's poetic structure⟳ and language,” Mom went on.”

CEFR level