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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Angela’s more severe and lasting punishment was that she was barred from future engagements with the great Irish bard.
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
In other words, the Panthers were trying bard to enlist Sly’s talents and influence for their own purposes.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
However useful to ancient bards, such a spare description would mean little to us today.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
In other words, the Panthers were trying bard to enlist Sly’s talents and influence for their own purposes.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
However useful to ancient bards, such a spare description would mean little to us today.
—Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bard
Noun
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At the end of the historic galleries, where light begins pouring into the building, visitors move above ground and pass by a quote from poet and Civil Rights activist Langston Hughes.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Their other brother, Brad, is a poet who followed his brothers into the Oz writers’ room and has since worked on shows like The Americans.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Like many such venues across America, the Kempner also hosted lectures, minstrel shows, musicals, operas, plays and vaudeville acts, along with community events such as school graduations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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His grandfather Daniel was a miner who would perish in an underground accident, and his great uncle George owned a minstrel show that toured Western mining camps.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bard. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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