bard
Plural: bards
Noun
- a lyric poet
- an ornamental caparison for a horse
- A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- A poet.
- A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
- A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
- Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
- A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
- The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Verb
Verb Forms: barded, barding, bards
- To cover meat with strips of fat before cooking.
- put a caparison on
- To cover a horse in defensive armor.
- To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Examples
- I’ll bard my word with an S to make it juicier in points.
- Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.
Origin / Etymology
(15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).
Scrabble Score: 7
bard: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbard: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bard: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
bard: valid Words With Friends Word