Meaning

8 senses
  1. 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.

    Barde

    бардbard, а́втор-исполни́тельávtor-ispolnítelʹ

    бардbard

  2. (broadly)A poet.

    Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.

    a lyric poet

  3. A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.

  4. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)

    an ornamental caparison for a horse

  5. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.

  6. A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

    Barde

  7. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

  8. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The bard was playing the lute.

    ruБард играл на лютне.

    deDer Barde spielte die Laute.

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  2. Tom is a half-elf bard.

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  3. Gaelic is the only language in the mouths of bards and fish.

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  4. I'm the shameless bard.

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  5. The bard played the lute.

    deDer Barde spielte die Laute.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
professional poet and singer — see also minstrel:
Русский
By meaning 1
professional poet and singer — see also minstrel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
professional poet and singer — see also minstrel:

Origin

First use appears c. 1449. From Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celt

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”).

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

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