I got the OK so I unthinkingly created the clichéd 'grass runner thief/bard' character.
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Bard
//bɑːd//
Synonyms for "bard" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Verb(1 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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2 entriesrelated to
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Translations
62 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَردَعَه noun (fat bacon)
Belarusian
1 entries- бард noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бард noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Catalan
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 吟遊詩人 /吟游诗人 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 吟遊詩人 /吟游诗人 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- 熏肉片 noun (fat bacon)
- 詩人 /诗人 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Czech
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Danish
1 entries- barde noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Dutch
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Esperanto
1 entries- bardo noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Finnish
3 entries- bardi noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- runoilija noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- silava noun (fat bacon)
French
1 entries- barde noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Galician
2 entries- albarda noun (fat bacon)
- bardo noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Georgian
1 entries- ბარდი noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
German
2 entries- Barde noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- Barde noun (fat bacon)
Greek
1 entries- βάρδος noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Hungarian
3 entries- bárd noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- dalnok noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- énekmondó noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Irish
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Italian
4 entries- aedo noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- cantore noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- poeta noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- trovatore noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Japanese
2 entries- 吟遊詩人 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- 詩人 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Korean
2 entries- 시인 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- 음유시인 noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Latgalian
1 entries- dzīsminīks noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Latin
1 entries- bardus noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Latvian
2 entries- dziesminiece noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- dziesminieks noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bardas noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Macedonian
1 entries- бард noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Old English
1 entries- sċop noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Persian
1 entries- سراینده noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Polish
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Portuguese
2 entries- bardo noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- poeta noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Russian
2 entries- а́втор-исполни́тель noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- бард noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bȁrd noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- ба̏рд noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Slovak
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Slovene
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Spanish
1 entries- bardo noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Sudovian
1 entries- daininīkas noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Swahili
1 entries- malenga noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Swedish
1 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Telugu
1 entries- వైతాళికుడు noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Turkish
2 entries- bard noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
- ozan noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бард noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Welsh
1 entries- bardd noun (professional poet and singer — see also minstrel)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya", the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the last echoes of the nation's early joys and sufferings, hopes and fears, are passing away.
Source: tatoeba (3759280)
In the Welsh version of this fascinating legend it is the bard Gwyddno, of the twelfth century, who tells of the downfall of the submerged city.
Source: tatoeba (8312313)
Together, a bard, a wizard, a cleric, a barbarian and a monk comprise the party.
Source: tatoeba (8988087)
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