bard
noun /bɑːd/
/bɑːrd/
(literary)- a person who writes poems
- the Bard of Avon (= Shakespeare)
Word OriginMiddle English: from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, Irish bard, Welsh bardd, of Celtic origin. In Scotland in the 16th cent. it was a derogatory term for a travelling musician, but was later romanticized by Sir Walter Scott.