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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 There was also an opening around Ludwig Goransson's score and Travis Scott's role as an in-film bard that went largely unused. — Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for bard

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At Hull’s railway station an hour or so later, a few Manchester United fans are scanning the departures board near Philip Larkin’s statue, which captures the late poet mid-stride.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Simeon’s Corey Randolph is a big guy with the soul of a poet and the hands of a sculptor.

— Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 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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