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Meaning of "bardolater" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BARDOLATER

bardolater  [bɑːˈdɒlətə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BARDOLATER

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bardolater is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BARDOLATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bardolater

Bardolatry

Bardolatry is the worship, often considered excessive, of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has been known as "the Bard" since the nineteenth century. One who idolizes Shakespeare is known as a Bardolator. The term Bardolatry, derived from Shakespeare's sobriquet "the Bard of Avon" and the Greek word latria 'worship', was coined by George Bernard Shaw in the preface to his collection Three Plays for Puritans published in 1901. Shaw professed to dislike Shakespeare as a thinker and philosopher because he did not engage with social problems, as his own plays did.

Definition of bardolater in the English dictionary

The definition of bardolater in the dictionary is a Shakespeare enthusiast, one who practises bardolatry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BARDOLATER


balata
ˈbælətə
balloter
ˈbælətə
belleter
ˈbɛlətə
bibliolater
ˌbɪblɪˈɒlətə
demonolater
ˌdiːməˈnɒlətə
ecclesiolater
ɪˌkliːzɪˈɒlətə
elater
ˈɛlətə
Galata
ˈɡælətə
hagiolater
ˌhæɡɪˈɒlətə
heliolater
ˌhiːlɪˈɒlətə
iconolater
ˌaɪkəˈnɒlətə
idolater
aɪˈdɒlətə
leafleter
ˈliːflətə
Mariolater
ˌmeərɪˈɒlətə
monolater
mɒˈnɒlətə
necrolater
nɛˈkrɒlətə
ophiolater
ˌɒfɪˈɒlətə
pyrolater
paɪˈrɒlətə
zoolater
zəʊˈɒlətə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BARDOLATER

bard
bardash
barde
Bardeen
bardic
bardie
bardism
bardling
bardo
bardolatrous
bardolatry
Bardolino
Bardot
bardship
bardy
bare
bare owner
bare ownership
bare property
bare-ass

WORDS THAT END LIKE BARDOLATER

deflater
desolater
dilater
electroplater
granulater
Greater
inflater
later
physiolater
plater
relater
sea slater
see you later
selling-plater
slater
sooner or later
stimulater
tin-plater
tweet you later
violater
water slater

Synonyms and antonyms of bardolater in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bardolater» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BARDOLATER

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The translations of bardolater from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bardolater» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bardolater
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bardolater
570 millions of speakers

English

bardolater
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bardolater
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bardolater
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bardolater
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bardolater
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেক্সপীয়রভক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bardolater
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bardolater
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bardolater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bardolater
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bardolater
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bardolater
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bardolater
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bardolater
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बारडोलाटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bardolater
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bardolater
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bardolater
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bardolater
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bardolater
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bardolater
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bardolater
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bardolater
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bardolater
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bardolater

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BARDOLATER»

The term «bardolater» is used very little and occupies the 151.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BARDOLATER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bardolater

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARDOLATER»

Discover the use of bardolater in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bardolater and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Writers' Houses and the Making of Memory
... had changed.21 If Shakespeare is the object ofpilgrimage, then it is appropriate that, once the forms of a cult are established, that is it. Figure 3.3 Bernard Shaw as Bardolater at Stratford, photograph by Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford 37.
Harald Hendrix, 2012
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英语词源浅析:
l ) gamidolatry 2) gyniolatry 3) heliolatry 4) hierolatry 5) neolatry 6) idolatry 7) plutolatry 8) theriolatry 9) neomort 10) bardolater 1 ) pilgrim 2) pilgrimage 3) pilgrimize 4) peregrine 5) peregrinate 6) peregrinator 7) peregrination 8) neoNazi 9) ...
翁燕珩, 2003
3
Cavendish and Shakespeare: Interconnections
In the end, discussions of Cavendish as "bardolater" or non-bardolater (in much the same way that similar discussions of Shakespeare as "Bard" or "not Bard") indicate more about the speakers' desires — desires about which authors should  ...
Katherine Romack, James Fitzmaurice, 2006
4
Shakespeare Is Missing: An Ovid Kent Novel
Early in the game I became a Bardolater. So my thesis was on the Bard's peccadilloes, as it were. He was one hell of a hell-raiser in his day, if you get my meaning. My searches inspired, if you will, my later desire to become a teller of tales.
Saul Isler, 2013
5
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Hence, 'bardolater' (by analogy with 'idolater'), anyone who idolizes the Bard. baroque The term probably derives from the word baroco, often used in the late Middle Ages to describe any form of grotesque pedantry. It is a term more commonly ...
J. A. Cuddon, 2012
6
The Genius of Shakespeare
Bardolater, and his son thought that it would make the old man happy to have a document in Shakespeare's hand, so he fabricated one for him. But once it was widely credited, William Henry, 'urged, partly by the world' and partly by his 'own ...
Jonathan Bate, 2013
7
William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life
Such a reference is calculated to make a bardolater's heart skip a beat; but probably Sidney had in mind Will Kempe, the celebrated clown and jigmaker whom Leicester commended a few months later to the Danish Court. The Earl died in the ...
Samuel Schoenbaum, 1987
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Shakespiritualism: Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850-1950
And had she ended her book on that point alone—that is, that Shakespeare's works are esoteric—she might today be labeled as just another bardolater with Romantic or antimaterialistic tendencies, not far different in tone and tenor than ...
Jeffrey Kahan, 2013
9
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
It appears to have been coined by George Bernard Shaw in the early 1900s, together with the related words bardolater and bardolatrous. Shakespearolatry is another word with the same meaning, but this is rarely if ever used. car.
Erin McKean, 2006
10
Cinematic Shakespeare
Commenting on Orson Welles's Macbeth, Charles Eckart observes that Welles's film "has served as ... a touchstone to discriminate the cineaste from the Bardolater."ls The either/ or implied here, however, not only reflects something like ...
Michael A. Anderegg, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BARDOLATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bardolater is used in the context of the following news items.
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Over the moon: Review of Return to Forbidden Planet
Bob Carlton, who wrote the book of Forbidden Planet, is a Bardolater whose bright idea was to make his sci-fi adventure a refreshingly ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jun 14»
2
His story, our story
I was sitting, wide-eyed in the stalls of the Old Vic, next to my bardolater dad. Chorus, in the melodious notes of the late great John Neville, ... «Financial Times, Jun 12»
3
Exhibitionism: This spoof has energy to spare but never feels as …
... fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants parody chock-full of laughs for the Shakespeare illiterate and bardolater alike. It's as if the Three Stooges flipped ... «Austin Chronicle, Sep 11»
4
A Chat With Kill Shakespeare Writers Anthony Del Col and Conor …
CM:I think the nice thing is the vast majority of Bardolater's love the idea of Shakespeare's work being taken in interesting directions. So many ... «Washington City Paper, Feb 11»
5
A Shakespeare Scholar Takes on a 'Taboo' Subject
... 18th century and the debate over forged Shakespearean documents created by an overenthusiastic bardolater named William Henry Ireland. «Chronicle of Higher Education, Mar 10»

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