Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lombard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lombard \Lom"bard\, a.
Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lombard \Lom"bard\, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or
Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany,
west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See
{Long}, and {Beard}, and cf. {Lumber}.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the
business of banking was first carried on in London by
Lombards.
3. Same as {Lombard-house}.
A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury
or pawns. --Fuller.
4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott.
{Lombard Street}, the principal street in London for banks
and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market
and interest of London.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lombard
n : a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in
the 6th century [syn: {Lombard}, {Langobard}]
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