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Lom•bard



Pronunciation: (lom'bärd, -burd, lum'-), [key]
—n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
2. a member of an ancient Germanic tribe that settled in N Italy.
3. a banker or moneylender.

—adj.
Also,Lom•bar'dic.of or pertaining to the Lombards or Lombardy.

Lom•bard



Pronunciation: (lom'bärd, -burd, lum'-), [key]
—n.
1. Carole (Jane Alice Peters), 1909?–42, U.S. film actress.
2. Peter (Petrus Lombardus), c1100–64?, Italian theologian: bishop of Paris 1159–64?.
3. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago. 37,295.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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