noun
1.
a poet-singer who sang or recited verse to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument (as a harp)
bards were the theater of olden times
Synonyms: jongleur, minstrel, troubadour
Related Word: meistersinger, minnesinger, rhapsodist; gleeman; skald; conteur
2.
Synonyms: poet , muse, Parnassian