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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bard1 /bɑrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a poet.
bard2 or barde/bɑrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bard1 (bärd),USA pronunciation n. - (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.
- Biographical the bard, William Shakespeare.
- Indo-European * gwrs-do-s singer, akin to Albanian grisha (I) invited (to a wedding)
- Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic bard, Welsh bardd, Breton barz
- late Middle English 1400–50
bard′ic, adj. bard′ish, bard′like′, adj. bard′ship, n. bard2 (bärd),USA pronunciation n. - Heraldry[Armor.]any of various pieces of defensive armor for a horse.
- Food[Cookery.]a thin slice of fat or bacon secured to a roast of meat or poultry to prevent its drying out while cooking.
v.t. - Heraldry[Armor.]to caparison with bards.
- Food[Cookery.]to secure thin slices of fat or bacon to (a roast of meat or poultry) before cooking.
Also, barde (for defs. 1, 3). - Persian pardah covering
- Arabic barda‘ah packsaddle
- Southern Italian barda armor for a horse
- Middle French barde
- 1470–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bard /bɑːd/ n - (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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Scottish Gaelic; related to Welsh barddˈbardic adj bard, barde /bɑːd/ n - a piece of larding bacon or pork fat placed on game or lean meat during roasting to prevent drying out
vb (transitive)- to place a bard on
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French barde, from Old Italian barda, from Arabic barda`ah packsaddle Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bard /bɑːd/ n - the Bard ⇒ an epithet of William Shakespeare
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