Lombard

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Etymology

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From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (a Lombard), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (a Lombard), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (axe), related to German Barte (axe). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (Lombards).

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Noun

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Lombard (plural Lombards)

  1. (historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.
    Synonym: Langobard
  2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  3. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
  4. (obsolete) A Lombard house.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; [], London: [] Iohn Williams [], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns
  5. (military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.
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Proper noun

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Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

  1. A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
  2. (countable) A surname.
  3. A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

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Adjective

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Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

  1. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

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French

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Noun

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Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

  1. Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)