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Lombard

//ˈlɒmbɑːd// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from or relating to Lombardy, Italy.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname originating as an ethnonym. countable
  3. 3
    A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century. historical
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Lombard (“cannon”). alt-of, alternative

    "To oppose this , a wooden fortress of the same height was constructed by the assailants , and planted with lombards and other pieces of artillery then in use"

  3. 3
    a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century wordnet
  4. 4
    A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
  5. 5
    A banker or moneylender. rare
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  1. 6
    A Lombard house. obsolete

    "a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns"

  2. 7
    A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 *langabardaz from 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 and longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

Etymology 2

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 *langabardaz from 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 and longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

Etymology 3

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 *langabardaz from 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 and longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

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