bard

«bard» in Mova's school dictionary: A bard was a poet and singer who told stories in verse… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a bard, bards)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old) A bard was a poet and singer who told stories in verse, especially in old Celtic lands such as Wales, Ireland and Scotland. tree →

2) (literary) A bard is any poet. tree →

3) «The Bard» means William Shakespeare. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, bards kept the stories and family histories of chiefs, singing them with a harp. In Wales the Eisteddfod still crowns a bard. In stories and games a bard is a musician-storyteller. People call Shakespeare «the Bard of Avon».

examples

• The bard sang of the great deeds of the king. tree →
• Welsh bards compete at the Eisteddfod. tree →
• Shakespeare is called the Bard of Avon. tree →
• The bard played his harp by the fire. tree →
• Robert Burns is Scotland's national bard. tree →
• Toad thought himself a great bard and wrote songs about himself. tree →
• “I would wait twice as long for a poem,” said the inveterate bard. tree →

note

Countable. Do not mix up with «barred» (blocked), which sounds the same in some accents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.