Bard (disambiguation)

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A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers.

Bard, BARD, Bård or similar terms may also refer to:

People

• Bard (surname)
• Bård, Norwegian given name and surname

"The Bard of..." etc.

• 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, Ardabil Province
• Bard, Iran, Mazandaran Province, a village
• Bard Gapi, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, a village
• Bard Kheymeh, Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province, a village
• Bard-e Ghamchī, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, a village

Elsewhere

• Bard Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Bard, Loire, France
• Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
  • Fort Bard

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, the Wandering Caretaker, a champion in League of Legends
• The Bard, a playable character class in Everquest

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

• Bard (chatbot), the former name for Gemini, developed by Google
• 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 (British horse), a racehorse
• "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode
• BARDS, Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy
• C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment

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