释义 |
lom·bard I. \ˈlämˌbärd, -bȧd, -_bə(r)d\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English Lumbarde, from Middle French lombard, from Old Italian lombardo, from Latin Langobardus, Longobardus 1. capitalized a. : a member of a Teutonic people invading Italy in A.D. 568, settling in the Po Valley, and establishing a kingdom b. : a person descended from the Teutonic Lombards; broadly : a native of the part of Italy settled by the Lombards 2. a. usually capitalized : a Lombard engaged in banking or moneylending; broadly : banker, moneylender b. sometimes capitalized : the place of business of a Lombard : bank, pawnshop II. noun (-s) Etymology: Spanish lombarda, from feminine of lombardo Lombard, from Italian : a cannon used in the 15th and 16th centuries |