Lombard
/ˈlɒmbəd
/ /ˈlɒmbɑːd/noun
1A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.Across those Alps, in the 6th century, came a Germanic tribe called the Lombards....
- Christianity had grown in influence even before the Lombards came to Italy, and by the end of the seventh century most Lombards were Catholics (perhaps with a tinge of syncretism in many cases).
- In 568 the Lombards invaded, a people even more wantonly destructive than the Vandals.
2A native of Lombardy in northern Italy.
3 [mass noun] The Italian dialect of Lombardy.
adjective
Relating to Lombardy, or to the Lombards or their language.Even Ostrogoth and Lombard kings, their barbarian ways tamed by the people they were supposed to have conquered, built houses in Bellagio....
- On Friday, with suitable fanfare, the 29th Alpine World Ski Championships will open in the small Lombard town of Bormio, and over the following fortnight, anybody with a passing interest in ski racing will be in for a treat.
- Beltrami's research on Leonardo's Lombard career went hand in hand with his reconstruction and restoration of Leonardo-related architectural sites.
Derivatives
Lombardic
/ adjectiveLombard (sense 1 of the noun).
Origin
From Italian lombardo, representing late Latin Langobardus, of Germanic origin, from the base of long1 + the ethnic name Bardi.