Lombard

[ lom-bahrd, -berd, luhm- ]

/ ˈlɒm bɑrd, -bərd, ˈlʌm- /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

a member of an ancient Germanic tribe that settled in N Italy.

a banker or moneylender.

adjective

Also Lom·bar·dic. of or relating to the Lombards or Lombardy.

Definition for lombard (2 of 2)

Lombard

[ lom-bahrd, -berd, luhm- ]

/ ˈlɒm bɑrd, -bərd, ˈlʌm- /

noun

CaroleJane Alice Peters, 1909?–42, U.S. film actress.

PeterPetrus Lombardus, c1100–64?, Italian theologian: bishop of Paris 1159–64?.

a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

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Examples from the Web for lombard

He caught them in the alleys of Lombard Street, and clutched them from the counting-houses of Cornhill.
Sybil|Benjamin Disraeli
He soon married again; and this time he chose for his bride a young lady of good Lombard family, called Orsina Osnaga.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3|Various
Crosbie went along the lane into Lombard Street, and then he stood still for a moment to think.
The Last Chronicle of Barset|Anthony Trollope
Meanwhile the Pope has persuaded the Lombard king Rachis to go into a monastery.
The Roman and the Teuton|Charles Kingsley

His forces amounted to 80,000 men, including a Lombard corps and some Roman, Tuscan and other volunteers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lombard (1 of 2)

Lombard

/ (ˈlɒmbəd, -bɑːd, ˈlʌm-) /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Lombardy

Also called: Langobard a member of an ancient Germanic people who settled in N Italy after 568 ad

adjective Also: Lombardic

of or relating to Lombardy or the Lombards

British Dictionary definitions for lombard (2 of 2)

Lombard

/ (ˈlɒmbəd, -bɑːd, ˈlʌm-) /

noun

Peter. ?1100–?60, Italian theologian, noted for his Sententiarum libri quatuor

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Word Origin and History for lombard

Lombard

from Late Latin Langobardus, proper name of a Germanic people who conquered Italy 6c. and settled in the northern region that became known as Lombardy, from Proto-Germanic Langgobardoz, often said to mean literally "Long-beards," but perhaps rather from *lang- "tall, long" + the proper name of the people (Latin Bardi). Their name in Old English was Langbeardas (plural), but also Heaðobeardan, from heaðo "war."

In Middle English the word meant "banker, money-changer, pawnbroker" (late 14c.), from Old French Lombart "Lombard," also "money-changer; usurer; coward," from Italian Lombardo (from Medieval Latin Lombardus).

Lombards in Middle Ages were notable throughout Western Europe as bankers and money-lenders, also pawn-brokers; they established themselves in France from 13c., especially in Montpellier and Cahors, and London's Lombard Street (c.1200) originally was the site of the houses of Lombard bankers. French also gave the word in this sense to Middle Dutch and Low German. Lombardy poplar, originally from Italy but planted in North American colonies as an ornamental tree, is attested from 1766.