as in poet
a person who writes poetry
a bard best known for a series of love poems to his raven-haired beloved
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Strike with your fighter, backstab with the rogue, fling a spell from the wizard, and have your bard reset the fighter's cooldown, all while a baddie very slowly winds up and swings at random party members.
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 May 2024
Poets Photo: Taylor Swift via YouTube In The Tortured Poets Department, American bard and billionaire Taylor Swift invokes the story of Cassandra, the Trojan princess who receives the gift of clairvoyance from the Greek god Apollo, a lover who later curses her never to be believed.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
While awaiting trial behind bards, Sharaban’s boyfriend is said to have also tried to convince another inmate to kill witnesses in the case.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
For me, the most shocking part of this year’s Super Bowl was the five seconds of the broadcast that showed Lana Del Rey, the bard of our tragic times, in a Kansas City jacket.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 11 May 2024
Poets Photo: Taylor Swift via YouTube In The Tortured Poets Department, American bard and billionaire Taylor Swift invokes the story of Cassandra, the Trojan princess who receives the gift of clairvoyance from the Greek god Apollo, a lover who later curses her never to be believed.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
While awaiting trial behind bards, Sharaban’s boyfriend is said to have also tried to convince another inmate to kill witnesses in the case.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
For me, the most shocking part of this year’s Super Bowl was the five seconds of the broadcast that showed Lana Del Rey, the bard of our tragic times, in a Kansas City jacket.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Bard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bard. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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