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Webster 1913 Edition
Bard
Bard
(bärd)
, Noun.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. W.
bardd
, Arm. barz
, Ir. & Gael. bard
, and F. barde
.] 1.
A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
2.
Hence: A poet;
as, the
. bard
of AvonBard
,Verb.
T.
(Cookery)
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard
,Noun.
[Akin to Dan. & Sw.
bark
, Icel. börkr
, LG. & HG. borke
.] 1.
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Bark bed
. See
– Bark stove
(below). Bark pit
, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.
– Bark stove
(Hort.)
, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner’s bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bard
B'ARD
,Noun.
1.
A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts; one whose occupation was to compose and sing verses, in honor of the heroic36
achievements of princes and brave men. The bards used an instrument of music like a lyre or guitar, and not only praised the brave, but reproached the cowardly.
2.
In modern usage, a poet.B'ARD
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Bard
Bard
English
Proper noun
Bard
- An occupational surname.
- (usually with "the") William Shakespeare.
- 1854, Edwin Lees, Stratford as connected with Shakespeare; and the bard's rural haunts, page 46
- 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.
- 1866, The Albion, quoted in, Arthur W. Bloom, Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History, McFarland (ISBN 9781476601465), page 207
- It evidently needs no effort on the part of Mr. Booth to put himself en rapport with the ideal of the great Bard.
- 2002, Diana Brydon, Irene Rima Makaryk, Shakespeare in Canada: A World Elsewhere, University of Toronto Press (ISBN 9780802036551), page 108
- 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.
- 2009, Jack Lynch, Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard, Bloomsbury Publishing USA (ISBN 9780802718679), page 8
- 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.
- 2010, Erin Dionne, The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet, Penguin (ISBN 9781101155752)
- “We are going to undertake an exploration of the Bard's poetic structure and language,” Mom went on.
- 1854, Edwin Lees, Stratford as connected with Shakespeare; and the bard's rural haunts, page 46
bard
bard
English
Noun
bard (plural 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.
- 1837, Richard LLWYD, "The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon
- "He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […] "
- 1837, Richard LLWYD, "The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of Snowdon
- (by extension) A poet.
- the bard of Avon
Derived terms
Translations
professional poet and singer
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Etymology 2
From French barde. English since the late 15th century.
Noun
bard (plural 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.
- (cooking) 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.
Translations
Verb
bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)
- To cover a horse in defensive armor.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
- 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 or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
- (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos.
Pronunciation
Noun
bard m (genitive singular baird, nominative plural baird)
Declension
Declension of bard
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- filíocht na mbard (“bardic poetry”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bard | bhard | mbard |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bard" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “bard” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.
Noun
bard m (genitive singular ?, plural bardyn)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bard | vard | mard |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Synonyms
- bardagh
- bardoonagh
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *bardos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bar͈d/
Noun
bard m
Inflection
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Synonyms
- éices
- fer cerda
- fili
- túar