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/bɑːd/ · noun
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..
He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]
A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.
Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.
I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”
"Having a bard would be even less helpful than having a second wizard, " John interjects.
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.
Use bard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bard means 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..
Common synonyms include caparison, dress up.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]
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