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Longobard

American  
[long-goh-bahrd, -guh-] / ˈlɒŋ goʊˌbɑrd, -gə- /

noun

  1. Lombard.


Longobard British  
/ ˈlɒŋɡəˌbɑːd /

noun

  1. a rare name for an ancient Lombard

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Luitprand enacted that no Longobard should give more than one-fourth of his substance as a Morgengab.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Nor does Longobard fear to say that original righteousness is the very likeness to God which God implanted in man.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp

No Prince Charming, indeed, but the ideal of a bluff and burly Longobard chief, he managed to win the good graces of his entertainers, even if they thought him a trifle barbaric.

From The Liberation of Italy by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Finn also occurs in the pedigree—possibly the Frisian king: Sceaf occurs, possibly, though not certainly, a Longobard king.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

CARRARA, or Carraresi, a powerful family of Longobard origin which ruled Padua in the 14th century.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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