Lom|bard

Lom|bard
Lom|bard «LOM bahrd, -buhrd; LUHM-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a member of a Germanic tribe which in A.D. 568 invaded Italy. The Lombards settled in the part of northern Italy since known as Lombardy.
2. a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
3. Obsolete. a) a native of Lombardy engaged as a banker, moneychanger, or pawnbroker. b) any person carrying on any of these businesses.
–adj.
of or having to do with the Lombards or Lombardy; Lombardic. Also, Longobard.
╂[< Old French lombard < Italian lombardo < Late Latin Langobardus < Germanic elements meaning “long beard”]

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