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Lombard definition

Lom·bard (läm′bärd′, -bərd)

noun

  1. a person born or living in Lombardy
  2. a member of an ancient Germanic people that settled in the Po Valley

  3. Etymology: from the activity of the medieval Lombards as pawnbrokers

    a banker or moneylender

Etymology: ME Lumbarde < ML Lombardus < L Langobardus < Gmc *lango-, long + *barda, beard

adjective

of Lombardy or the Lombards

Related Forms:

  • Lombardic Lom·bar′·dic (-bär′dik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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