bard
A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to…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.
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» The bard was playing the lute.
Der Barde spielte die Laute. — Melang
Бард играл на лютне. — marafon
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8 sensesA 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.
Barde
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бардbard
(broadly)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.
More meanings 5
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.
Barde
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
- a lyric poet
- an ornamental caparison for a horse
Origin
First use appears c. 1449. From Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-CeltFirst 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”).
From French barde. English since the late 15th century.
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