| Bard 1. (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. 2. (n.) Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon. 3. (n.) Alt. of Barde. 4. (v. t.) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon. 5. (n.) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. 6. (n.) Specifically, Peruvian bark. Thesaurus Entries Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist, epic poet, fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, gleeman, idyllist, imagist, jongleur, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel, modernist, muse, occasional poet, odist, pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress, rhapsode, rhapsodist, satirist, scop, serenader, skald, sonneteer, street singer, strolling minstrel, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur, trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist, wait, wandering minstrel |