lombard

plural lombards

1. alternativeAlternative form of Lombard (“cannon”).

   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

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   As the Pinta's lookout sighted land on the early morn of October 12, 1492, the firing of a lombard carried the news over the moonlit waters to the flagship Santa Maria.

   1949, Albert Manucy, Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America, USA: National Park Service

plural Lombards · alternative obsolete Lumbard · alternative obsolete Lumbar · alternative lombard

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.
4. obsoleteA Lombard house.

   a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns

   1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

5. historicalgovernmentA kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.

plural Lombards · alternative obsolete Lumbard · alternative obsolete Lumbar · alternative lombard

1. countableuncountableA Romance (Gallo-Italic) language spoken in northern Italy, chiefly Lombardy, and Ticino in southern Switzerland.
2. countableA surname originating as an ethnonym.
3. countableuncountableA ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

comparative more Lombard · superlative most Lombard · alternative obsolete Lumbard · alternative obsolete Lumbar · alternative lombard

1. Of, from or relating to Lombardy, Italy.