as in poets
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 bards
The admiral's swagger, battlefield bravado and desire for revenge will be sung by the bards of Westeros, and serve as a breakthrough showcase for Thorn, a playwright and YouTuber, who came out as a transgender woman in a January 2021 video on her Philosophy Tube channel.
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Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
The bards were the first adapters.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Sentences that fizzle and scorch will also appeal to fans of Jade Sharma and Mary Robison, other bards of women on the absolute verge.
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Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
There are also 13 DuraShocks traction bards on the outsole as a nod to the 13 stripes of the American Flag.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
The bards were the first adapters.
—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Sentences that fizzle and scorch will also appeal to fans of Jade Sharma and Mary Robison, other bards of women on the absolute verge.
—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.
—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
There are also 13 DuraShocks traction bards on the outsole as a nod to the 13 stripes of the American Flag.
—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bards
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These were translations of 19th-century poems by international poets from the 1940s.
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Where reality meets urgency What struck me most while editing this anthology was not the poets’ honesty or vulnerability, though both of those qualities were present.
Noun
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The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.
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“Bards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bards. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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