Lombard: Definition and part of speech

Lombard

  1. n. A form of cannon formerly in use.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
  3. n. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
  4. n. A money lender or banker; — so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards.
  5. n. Same as Lombard-house.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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