Definition of bards Bards
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What does bards mean?
Wiktionary 
- bards (Noun)
Plural of bard.
Part of speech
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Wiktionary
- bard (Noun)
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. - bard (Noun)
Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon. - bard (Noun)
A piece of defensive or, sometimes, ornamental armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. - bard (Noun)
Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms . - bard (Noun)
A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game. - bard (Noun)
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. - bard (Noun)
Specifically, Peruvian bark. - bard (Verb)
To cover a horse in defensive armor. - bard (Verb)
To cover meat or game with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bard (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. - bard (n.)
Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon. - bard (n.)
Alt. of Barde - bard (v. t.)
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon. - bard (n.)
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind. - bard (n.)
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bard
bärd, n. a poet and singer among the ancient Celts: a poet—dims. Bard′ling, Bard′let, poetaster.—n. Bard′-craft (Browning).—adj. Bard′ic. [Gael. and Ir. bà rd.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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bard
A fortress and village of Piedmont on the bank of the Dora Baltea, 23 miles south-southeast of Aosta. The fortress is situated on an impregnable rock, and arrested for some time Napoleon’s march in the valley of the Dora, at the outset of his campaign of 1800, almost compelling him to abandon it. The garrison consisted of 400 men, and was finally passed only by stratagem. It was subsequently razed by the French (1800), but has since been restored.
Wikipedia 
- Bards were probably a social class in Celtic Europe. They were poets or singers. Most likely they were in the service of Celtic nobility. They were probably employed to tell about how good their master (the nobleman) was, or to sing about what he did. Today, it is not quite clear what the difference was to a druid. Early Roman scolars used the word vates to refer to all of them. "Vates" has been translated as "prophet" or "soothsayer".
