Bard (disambiguation)
A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers.
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Bard, BARD, The Bard or Bård may also refer to:
People
- Bard (surname)
- Bård, Norwegian given name and surname
Nicknames
- William Shakespeare (died 1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard
- Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the Bard of Bengal
- John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), the Bard of Salford
- Richard Llwyd (1752–1835), the Bard of Snowdon
- Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), the Bard of the Green Mountains
- Robert W. Service (1874–1958), the Bard of the Yukon
- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770), the Great Bard
Fictional characters
- Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit
- Beedle the Bard, an author of fairy tales in the Harry Potter series
Places
In the United States
- Bard Peak (Alaska), a summit in the Kenai Mountains
- Bard, California, an unincorporated community
- Bard, Nevada, a ghost town
- Bard, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
- Bard Peak, Colorado, United States
In Iran
- Bard, Ardabil, in Ardabil Province, Iran
- Bard, Iran, in Mazandaran Province, a village
Elsewhere
- Bard Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Bard, Loire, France
- Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
Music
- Bard (Soviet Union), genre of music in Russia consisting of singers-songwriters with guitar accompaniment
- The Bard (Sibelius), a tone poem by Jean Sibelius
- Bard (album), an album by Big Big Train
- Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band
- Bardcore, medievalised remakes of hit pop songs
Literature
- Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a novel by Morgan Llywelyn
- Bard, a series of novels by Keith Taylor
- The Bard, a poem by Thomas Gray
In role-playing and video games
- Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
- Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
- Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
- Bard, a champion in League of Legends
- The Bard, a playable character class in Everquest
- The Bard's Tale video game franchise
Schools
- Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States
- Bard College at Simon's Rock, an "early college" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
- Bard High School Early College, an alternative public secondary school in New York City, United States
- Bard College Berlin, Germany, a private, non-profit institution of higher education
Other uses
- Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, Comilla, Bangladesh
- BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm by BARD Engineering Gmbh
- Barding or bard, armour for horses
- The Bard (American horse), a racehorse
- The Bard (GB horse), a racehorse
- "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode
See also
- Bard Gapi, Iran
- Bard Kheymeh, Iran
- Bard-e Ghamchi, Iran
- C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment
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