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bard in Wales, term originally used to refer to the order of minstrel-poets who composed and recited the poems that celebrated the feats of Celtic chieftains and warriors. The term bard in present-day usage has become synonymous with poet, particularly a revered poet.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

bard / bärd/ • n. archaic or poetic/lit. a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition. ∎ (the Bard or the Bard of Avon) Shakespeare. DERIVATIVES: bard·ic / -dik/ adj. bard² • n. a slice of bacon placed on meat or game before roasting. • v. [tr.] cover (meat or game) with slices of bacon.

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