What does "Racaraide" mean?

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What does "Racaraide" mean?

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As in the 5th level Bard level title. For all I can tell this is not a real word. Perhaps an obscure word from another language, or a variation thereof?

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Re: What does "Racaraide" mean?

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Aha! I've finally found the explanation after searching. I think the racaraide is a mistake in the work cited on Dragonsfoot, which might be where the original word came from. The correct Irish according to http://www.dil.ie is reccaire and means a reciter of poems to a patron. It's pronounced a bit like "wrecker-uh".

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