Lombard (redirected from Lombards)

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, Peter 1100?-1160?

Italian theologian whose four-volume Sentences (1148-1151) served as the standard textbook in theology for several centuries.

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Lombard [ˈlɒmbəd -bɑːd ˈlʌm-]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Lombardy

2. (Social Science / Peoples) Also called Langobard a member of an ancient Germanic people who settled in N Italy after 568 a.d

adj also Lombardic

(Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to Lombardy or the Lombards

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Lombard²

n

(Biographies / Lombard, Peter (?1100-?1160) M, Italian, RELIGION: theologian) Peter. ?1100-?60, Italian theologian, noted for his

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

Lombard [ˈlɒmbɑːd]

A. ADJ → lombardo

B. N → lombardo/a m/f

Lombard

adj → lombardisch

n → Lombarde m, → Lombardin f