noun

• (by extension) A poet.
  "Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon."
• (roleplaying games, fantasy) A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
  "I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”"

noun

• (cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.

verb

• (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

name

• (usually with "the") William Shakespeare.
  "We have previously traced Shakespeare from his Birth-place to the Grammar School, and we shall now glance at his career as a lover, and in so doing propose a pleasant walk of a short mile to Shottery, a rural hamlet in the parish of Stratford, where Anne Hathaway resided, to whom the Bard became affianced at a very early period in his life."