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bard

noun

ˈbärd

Definition of bard

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 Tales from the Trojan War were passed down orally by bards for centuries until someone put pen to paper. — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026 Travis Scott has been cast as a bard in The Odyssey after working with Nolan on the soundtrack for Tenet. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 Nolan also faced scrutiny over his decision to cast transgender actor Elliot Page as Sinon, a great warrior who fought alongside Odysseus during the Trojan War, as well as rapper Travis Scott, who plays a Greek bard (oral storyteller). — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 His novels American Psycho and Less Than Zero received buzzy adaptations in the 1990s, cementing the writer’s place as precocious bard of the unraveling elite. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bard

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Yamanaka is made for leisurely walks, a visit to the house celebrating the haiku poet Bashō—who stayed here for nine days in 1689—and quiet days in a world of green hills and rushing water.

— Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
Instead, Parini is planning, as part of his PhD project, to interview reclusive poet George Mackay Brown (Peter Mullan), who never leaves his hometown in Orkney.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

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In minstrel shows, white performers wore Black face and mocked Black people for entertainment.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026
The musician-scholar Rhiannon Giddens, a leading interpreter of 19th-century American songs, told me that discussing Foster’s context is difficult because minstrel entertainment is so little understood today.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

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