Lombard

Lom·bard  (lmbrd, -bärd, lm-)

n.

1. A member of a Germanic people that invaded northern Italy in the sixth century a.d. and established a kingdom in the Po River valley. Also called Langobard.

2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

3. A banker or moneylender.

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[Middle English Lumbarde, from Old French lombard, from Old Italian lombardo, from Medieval Latin lombardus, from Latin Langobardus, Longobardus; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, from the prominence of Lombards in 13th-century banking.]

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Lom·bardic (-bärdk) adj.

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Lombard - a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century Langobard European - a native or inhabitant of Europe