Lom″bard, n. [F. lombard, fr. the Longobardi or Langobardi, i.e., Longbeards, a people of Northern Germany, west of the Elbe, and afterward in Northern Italy. See Long, and Beard, and cf. Lumber.] 1. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
2. A money lender or banker; — so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards.
3. Same as Lombard-house.
A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns. Fuller.
4. (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.