I. ˈlämˌbärd, -bȧd, -_bə(r)d noun
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Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English Lumbarde, from Middle French lombard, from Old Italian lombardo, from Latin Langobardus, Longobardus
1. capitalized
a. : a member of a Teutonic people invading Italy in A.D. 568, settling in the Po Valley, and establishing a kingdom
b. : a person descended from the Teutonic Lombards ; broadly : a native of the part of Italy settled by the Lombards
2.
a. usually capitalized : a Lombard engaged in banking or moneylending ; broadly : banker , moneylender
b. sometimes capitalized : the place of business of a Lombard : bank , pawnshop
II. noun
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Etymology: Spanish lombarda, from feminine of lombardo Lombard, from Italian
: a cannon used in the 15th and 16th centuries