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lombard

Lom.bard \'la:m-.ba:rd, -b*rd\ \la:m-'ba:rd-ik\ n [ME Lumbarde, fr. MF 
   lombard, fr. OIt lombardo, fr. L Lang] [fr. the prominence of Lombards as 
   moneylenders] often attrib obardus 1a: a member of a Teutonic people 
   invading Italy in A.D. 8, settling  in the Po valley, and establishing a 
   kingdom 1b: a native of the part of Italy settled by the Lombards  2: 
   BANKER, MONEYLENDER  - Lom.bar.dic aj