Lŏm'bard1, a.
a. Of, or pertaining to, Lombardy, or to the inhabitants of Lombardy.
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Lombard
Lŏm'bard2, n.
(Synop., § 130), n. [From the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy.]
Sense 1. (Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
Sense 2. A money-lender or banker;—so called because their profession was first exercised in London by the Lombards.
Sense 3. (Mil.) A form or size of cannon formerly in use.
A wooden fortress... was constructed by the assailants, and planted with lombards and other pieces of artillery then in use. Prescott.
Lombard Street, a street in London occupied by banks, and the money market; hence, the moneyed interest of London.
Lom'bard or Lom'bard-house3, n.
(lŏm'-, or lŭm'-), n. [Fr. lom-bard, D. lombaerd. See supra.] A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; a pawn-broker's shop;—called also mont de piété.