Bard Word Meaning

Etymology:

Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, Irish bard, Welsh bardd, of Celtic origin. In Scotland in the 16th century it was a derogatory term for an itinerant musician, but was later romanticized by Sir Walter Scott

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

a poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition

Short Definition:

poet associated with oral tradition

Examples:

• our national bard, Robert Burns