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Definition of Lombards

Lombard
Lombard Lom"bard, a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
Lombard
Lombard Lom"bard, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf. Lumber.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. 2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. 3. Same as Lombard-house. A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. --Fuller. 4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott. Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.

Meaning of Lombards from wikipedia

- 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the History of the Lombards (written between 787 and 796) that the Lombards descended from a...
- Lombard Street may refer to: Lombard Street, London, England Rue des Lombards, Paris, France Lombard Street, Petworth, shopping street in Petworth Lombard...
- The Kingdom of the Lombards, also known as the Lombard Kingdom and later as the Kingdom of all Italy (Latin: Regnum totius Italiae), was an early medieval...
- The kings of the Lombards or reges Langobardorum (singular rex Langobardorum) were the monarchs of the Lombard people from the early 6th century until...
- up Lombard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term Lombard refers to people or things related to Lombardy, a region in northern Italy. Lombards, a...
- Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd...
- Steve Lombard is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character made his cinematic debut in the DC Extended...
- Lombard banking refers to the business of Italian moneylenders generally referred to as "Lombards", even though many originated from Northern and Central...
- as the Lombards were able to secure large parts of Northern Italy at first, eventually conquering the Exarchate of Ravenna in 750. The Lombards began the...
- Lombard architecture refers to the architecture of the Kingdom of the Lombards, which lasted from 568 to 774 (with residual permanence in southern Italy...