Associations to the word «Lombard»

Wiktionary

LOMBARD, noun. A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century; a Langobard.
LOMBARD, noun. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
LOMBARD, noun. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
LOMBARD, noun. (obsolete) Lombard house
LOMBARD, noun. (military) (historical) A form of cannon.
LOMBARD, proper noun. A romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland, see Wikipedia:Lombard language.
LOMBARD, adjective. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
LOMBARD EFFECT, proper noun. The involuntary tendency of speakers to increase their vocal effort when speaking in the presence of noise.
LOMBARD HOUSE, noun. (dated) A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
LOMBARD HOUSES, noun. Plural of Lombard house
LOMBARD RATE, noun. (finance) An interest rate charged by a central bank for very short term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.
LOMBARD RATES, noun. Plural of Lombard rate
LOMBARD STREET, proper noun. The money and capital market of London.

Dictionary definition

LOMBARD, noun. A member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats