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Webster 1913 Edition

rop.

Adj.

Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

rop.

Noun.

[F.

lombard

, fr. the

Longobardi

Langobardi

, i. e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See

, and

, and cf.

A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

A money lender or banker; – so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by

Lombards

Same as

Lombard

unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns.

Fuller.

(Mil.)

A form of cannon formerly in use.

Prescott.

Lombard Street

the principal street in London for banks and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market and interest of London.