lombard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century
    Langobard.

WordNet

Lom"bard adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
Lom"bard noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913