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Bard
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bard bárd bàrd Bård
English
Pronunciation
en ɑː(ɹ)d 1
Proper noun
en occupations.
en usually with "the" William Shakespeare.
en 1854 Edwin Lees Stratford as connected with Shakespeare; and the bard's rural haunts 46 We have previously traced Shakespeare from his Birth-place to the Grammar School, and we shall now glance at his career as a lover, and in so doing propose a pleasant walk of a short mile to Shottery, a rural hamlet in the parish of Stratford, where Anne Hathaway resided, to whom the Bard became affianced at a very early period in his life.
1866, The Albion, quoted in, Arthur W. Bloom, Edwin Booth: A Biography and Performance History, McFarland 9781476601465, page 207
It evidently needs no effort on the part of Mr. Booth to put himself en rapport with the ideal of the great Bard.
en 2002 Diana Brydon; Irene Rima Makaryk Shakespeare in Canada: A World Elsewhere University of Toronto Press 9780802036551 108 Nearly a dozen such enterprises now struggle each summer against the vagaries of rough weather and mosquito swarms to bring the Bard to the nation.
en 2009 Jack Lynch Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard Bloomsbury Publishing USA 9780802718679 8 I hope that the selection of stories is illuminating for those who have never thought about what happened after the death of the immortal Bard.
en 2010 Erin Dionne The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet Penguin 9781101155752 “We are going to undertake an exploration of the Bard's poetic structure and language,” Mom went on.
Derived terms
surname en Bardstown
Related terms
William Shakespeare en bardolator, en bardolatry
Anagrams
en abdr Brad brad darb drab
en Individuals Nicknames for individuals William Shakespeare
French
Etymology
Multiple origins.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Bard.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
fr