lombard

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Same as Lombard-house. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pawnbroker. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]