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Categories: Culture of medieval Scotland, Scottish literature, Cornish culture, Eisteddfod, Welsh poets

bard bardd bardic Bardic school bards

A lyric poet WordNet 3.0

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A lyric poet WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Wikipedia

Minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. Wiktionary

Professional poet and singer. Wiktionary (translation)

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft