Lom"bard (?), a.

Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

 

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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.

 

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