bard1
n.
- archaic or literary a poet, traditionally one reciting epics.
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(the Bard)
Shakespeare.
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(Bard)
the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Sc. Gaelic bàrd, Ir. bard, Welsh bardd, of Celtic origin.
bard2
n.
a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting.
v.
cover with bards.
Etymology
C18: from Fr. barde, a transferred sense of barde ‘armour for the breast of a warhorse’.