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Makar

A makar (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%} /ˈmækər/ ⓘ) is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet.

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Etymology

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Makar

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Triples102
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021277
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Makar

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related to The city Makars · 24
Makar → Aberdeen, Alan Spence, Christine De Luca, City, Dundee, Each, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Makar, Glasgow, Hannah Lavery, Herbert, In, Laura Fyfe, Liz Lochhead, Magi Gibson, Michael Pedersen, Other, Ron Butlin, Scotland's, Sheena Blackhall
related to history · 21
Makar → Apart, Barbour, Blind Hary, Chaucer, Dante, England, English, Europe, James, Kingis Quair, London, Makars, Petrarch, Richard Holland, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, The, Their, Walter Kennedy
related to The Scots Makar · 15
Makar → Before Kay, Edwin Morgan, He, In August, Jackie Kay, Kathleen Jamie, Kay, Liz Lochhead, National Poet, Parliament, Scotland, Scotland's, Scottish Parliament, The, The Scots Makar
related to Other uses · 13
Makar → Amateur Drama Group, American, Andrea DeAngelis, Christine Orr, John Berryman, Mark Purnell, New York, Scottish, The Dream Songs, The Edinburgh Makars, The Legend, The Wind Waker, Zelda
related to Etymology · 11
Makar → Ancient Greek, Chaucer, English, Gower, Lydgate, Middle English, Middle Scots, Scots, Scottish, The, William Dunbar
related to External links · 8
Makar → Edinburgh MakarsMakar Allmusic, Lament, Makaris, Stewart ConnValeris GilliesRon ButlinThe, The, WikisourceEdwin Morgan, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, William Dunbar
is a · 1
Makar → name of a fictional character in the video game The Legend of Zelda
see also · 1
Makar → Makars' CourtScopRobert Burns

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makars scots scottish poet term court poets also century robert edinburgh work william dunbar first tradition referred 2002 often since

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Makaris aname of a fictional character in the video game The Legend of Zelda0.90text
Barbourinstance ofTheir work is usually distinguished from the work of earlier Scottish writers0.80text
Wyntoun who wrote romanceinstance ofTheir work is usually distinguished from the work of earlier Scottish writers0.80text
chronicle verse in octosyllabic coupletsinstance ofTheir work is usually distinguished from the work of earlier Scottish writers0.80text
it also perhaps marked something of a departure from the medieval alliterative or troubador traditionsinstance ofTheir work is usually distinguished from the work of earlier Scottish writers0.80text
Richard Hollandinstance ofwriting by makars0.80text
Blind Haryinstance ofwriting by makars0.80text
Walter Kennedy also survives along with evidence that suggests the existence of a substantial body of lost workinstance ofwriting by makars0.80text
William Drummond might loosely be seen as forming a continuation into the seventeenth century.The Makars have often been referred to by literary critics as Scots Chauceriansinstance ofbut figures0.80text
Makarrelated to EtymologyMiddle Scots0.60section
Makarrelated to EtymologyMiddle English0.60section
Makarrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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