Lombard

lom′bard, n. an inhabitant of Lombardy in Italy: one of the Lombards or Langobardi, a Germanic tribe, which founded a kingdom in Lombardy (568), overthrown by Charlemagne (774): ( obs. ) a banker or money-lender, so called from the number of Lombard bankers in London.— adjs. Lom′bard , Lombar′dic .— Lombard architecture , the style used by the Lombards, derived from the base Roman style they found in the country, superseded by the Pointed Style imported from France (13th century); Lombard Street , the chief centre of the banking interest in London. [O. Fr.,—L. Lan go bard us , from Old Teut. lang , long, bart , beard.]