as in poet
a person who writes poetry
a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved
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Recent Examples of bard
Pizzo, who wrote Rudy and Hoosiers, is the bard of Indiana sports movies — perhaps the bard of all sports movies.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Robinson’s closest peer at the network is Nathan Fielder, a fellow bard of anxiety who deploys cringe with a masterful and unsparing hand.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
But Frost, who attended Harvard, lived for a time in England and taught for many years at Amherst College, was hardly an unpolished rustic bard.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
While jousting was too difficult to facilitate indoors, guests can see duels by Crossroads Swords, combat by Mythic Adventures LARP and entertainment from Pirates Dinner Adventure in addition to a harpist, a violinist and a wandering bard.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
Robinson’s closest peer at the network is Nathan Fielder, a fellow bard of anxiety who deploys cringe with a masterful and unsparing hand.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
But Frost, who attended Harvard, lived for a time in England and taught for many years at Amherst College, was hardly an unpolished rustic bard.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
While jousting was too difficult to facilitate indoors, guests can see duels by Crossroads Swords, combat by Mythic Adventures LARP and entertainment from Pirates Dinner Adventure in addition to a harpist, a violinist and a wandering bard.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bard
Noun
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On April 23, 1616, English poet and playwright William Shakespeare died in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon at the age of fifty-two.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Now, the 49-year-old is moving into a more prominent role as the county’s official poet — a position Levine Cava created during her first term as mayor.—
Douglas Hanks
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Burr, written as a minstrel vaudevillian, was played by Mandy Patinkin.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bard. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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