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
Carney is a musician’s filmmaker; a bard for the bards.
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Clype Crumpet Spoony bard Wattlesnipe 4 of 8 Your cousin was talking absolute in the pub last night.
—Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Thundercat is the bard of absurdist masculinity.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
And maybe one of those records was… The bard of New England dares to get meaningful on this two-part song, which begins by pondering the mysteries of time and ends with a singalong ode to seasonal renewal.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Clype Crumpet Spoony bard Wattlesnipe 4 of 8 Your cousin was talking absolute in the pub last night.
—Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Thundercat is the bard of absurdist masculinity.
—Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
And maybe one of those records was… The bard of New England dares to get meaningful on this two-part song, which begins by pondering the mysteries of time and ends with a singalong ode to seasonal renewal.
—Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bard
Noun
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During the Grand Tour era in the 18th century, poets, painters, and aristocrats flocked here to admire the city’s ancient ruins and baroque art and architecture—still valid reasons to visit now, though today’s travelers will find plenty of modern pleasures as well.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
4 June 2026
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Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Blues developed after the Civil War (1861–65) and was influenced by 19th-century work songs and field hollers, minstrel show music, ragtime, and church music such as spirituals and hymns, as well as the folk and popular music of white Southerners.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
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Gangsta rap’s effectiveness as a prosecutorial tool, like the minstrel shows before it, depends on audiences mistaking caricature for authenticity, and hinges on hearing artistic expression as documentary evidence of criminal actions.—
A.D. Carson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bard. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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