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Definition of Bardship
1. n. The state of being a bard.
Definition of Bardship
1. Noun. The state of being a bard. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bardship
1. the office of a bard [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bardship
Literary usage of Bardship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1867)
"To deny that there was bardship in Gaul or Britain at the time when the Romans
wrote of it, ... And on the other hand, to allow that there was then bardship ..."
2. The Harp of Renfrewshire: A Collection of Songs and Other Poetical Pieces by William Motherwell (1872)
"... 'as blind as an owl,' but I assure yon this was not the case ; his bardship
had all his faculties ' sitting lightly on him. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"... is not subject to these conditions, and booksellers consequently find no
bardship in j getting a living ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"It refers to weak and effeminate sensitiveness to physical pain or bardship,—for
instance, if a man fears a blast of wind, a wetting in the rain, ..."
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