bard
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English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /bɑː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /ba:(r)d/
- (US) IPA: [bɑɹd], SAMPA: /bArd/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(r)d
Etymology 1
A 15th century loan of Scottish Gaelic bard.
Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: Bard- 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.
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.
- But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),
- 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.
- Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Derived terms
Translations
professional poet and singerEtymology 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.
Verb
to 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 < Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [bˠaːɾˠd̪ˠ]
Noun
bard m.
- bard
- poet
Declension
- First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
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| bard | bhard | mbard | |
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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic بارد (bārid).
Adjective
bard
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bard < Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.
Noun
bard
- bard
- poet
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.
Noun
bard
- bard
- poet
Synonyms
- éices
- fer cerda
- fili
- túar
Descendants
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