[Lom.bard] n [ME Lumbarde, fr. MF lombard, fr. OIt lombardo, fr. L Langobardus] (14c) 1 a: a member of a Germanic people that invaded Italy in a.d. 568, settled in the Po valley, and established a kingdom b: a native or inhabitant of Lombardy
2. [fr. the prominence of Lombards as moneylenders]: banker, moneylender -- Lom.bar.di.an adj -- Lom.bar.dic adj