Lombard: Meaning and Definition of
Lom•bard
Pronunciation: (lom'bärd, -burd, lum'-), [key]
— n.
- a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- a member of an ancient Germanic tribe that settled in N Italy.
- a banker or moneylender.
—adj.
- of or pertaining to the Lombards or Lombardy.
Lom•bard
Pronunciation: (lom'bärd, -burd, lum'-), [key]
— n.
- (Jane Alice Peters), 1909?–42, U.S. film actress.
- (Petrus Lombardus), c1100–64?, Italian theologian: bishop of Paris 1159–64?.
- a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 37,295.
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