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Lan⋅go⋅bard

  [lang-guh-bahrd]
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–noun
Lombard (def. 2).
Origin:
< L Langobardī (pl.), Latinized form of Germanic tribal name; c. OE Longbeardan
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Lan·go·bard   (lāng'gə-bärd')   
n.  See Lombard.

[Latin Langobardus; see Lombard.]
Lan'go·bar'dic adj.
Lom·bard   (lŏm'bərd, -bärd', lŭm'-)   
n.  

  1. A member of a Germanic people that invaded northern Italy in the sixth century A.D. and established a kingdom in the Po River valley. Also called Langobard.

  2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

  3. A banker or moneylender.


[Middle English Lumbarde, from Old French lombard, from Old Italian lombardo, from Medieval Latin lombardus, from Latin Langobardus, Longobardus; see del-1 in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, from the prominence of Lombards in 13th-century banking.]
Lom·bar'dic (-bär'dĭk) adj.
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