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English

Pronunciation
w:General American|GenAm? IPA|[b�ɹd]
audio|en-us-bard.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d|-��(r)d

Noun
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en-noun

1. 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'),

1. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
2. (Armor) A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
3. (Armor) Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
4. (Cookery) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
5. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
6. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Translations

Portuguese: [1,2] poeta m

Verb
en-verb

1. (Armor) To cover a horse in defensive armor.

#:Quotations
#:*1786: The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or man at arms|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. � Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29.

1. (Cookery) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

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Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|[b��rd]

Noun
bard m

1. a poet or bard

Declension
ga noun m1|b|ard|aird

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Maltese

Etymology
From Arabic

Adjective
bard

1. cold

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology
Irish bárd, Early Irish bard, Welsh bardd, Breton barz, Gaulish bardos, *bardo-s; Greek @Gfrázw ( @Gfrad-), speak

Noun
bàrd' m

1. a poet or bard

Declension
First declension; forms with the definite article:
{|border"1" cellpadding"2"
!Case
!Singular
!Plural
|-
| Nominative
| an bàrd
| na bàird
|-
| Vocative
| a bàird|bhàird
| a bàrdain|bhàrdain
|-
| Genitive
| an bàird|bhàird
| na bàird
|-
| Dative
| leis a' bhàrd
| leis na bàird
|}

References
An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain?, Gairm Publications, 1982

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