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[n] an ornamental caparison for a horse
[n] a lyric poet
[v] put a caparison on; of horses
Originally a term for a Celtic minstrel poet e.g. Cacofnix in Asterix the Gaul but is now used for any admired poet. Shakespeare is often referred to as 'the bard of Avon'.
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caparison, dress up
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adorn, beautify, caparison, decorate, embellish, grace, housing, housings, ornament, poet, trapping, trappings
Related Terms
arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist, epic poet, fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, gleeman, idyllist, imagist, jongleur, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, Meistersinger, minnesinger, mino
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[n] idolization of William Shakespeare
The veneration accorded to Shakespeare.
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idolisation, idolization
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