lombard

What it means

1. historicalA member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

   Synonyms: Langobard

2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy, Italy.
3. rareA banker or moneylender.

In a sentence

To oppose this , a wooden fortress of the same height was constructed by the assailants , and planted with lombards and other pieces of artillery then in use

1838, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: American Stationers’ Company; John B. Russell, →OCLC

Where it comes from

1. Old EnglishLangbeardas“Lombards”
2. Proto-Germanic*bardǭ
3. Proto-Germanic*langabardaz
4. Germanic
5. Late Latinlangobardus
6. Old FrenchLombard
7. Middle EnglishLombard
8. EnglishLombard

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic *langabardaz from elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard and longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).