1. n.1 a hist. a Celtic minstrel. b the winner of a prize for Welsh verse at an Eisteddfod.
2 poet. a poet, esp. one treating heroic themes.
Phrases and idioms:
the Bard (or the Bard of Avon) Shakespeare.
Derivatives:
bardic adj.
Etymology: Gael. & Ir. b{aacute}rd, Welsh bardd, f. OCelt. 2. n. & v.
--n. a rasher of fat bacon placed on meat or game before roasting.
--v.tr. cover (meat etc.) with bards.
Etymology: F barde, orig. horse's breastplate, ult. f. Arab.