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Definition: Lombard Street
Lombard Street
n : a street in central London containing many of the major
London banks
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lombard Street
Lombard
\Lom"bard\, prop. 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.
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2. A money lender or banker; -- so called because the
business of banking was first carried on in London by
Lombards.
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3. Same as
Lombard-house.
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A Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury
or pawns. --Fuller.
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4. (Mil.) A form of cannon formerly in use. --Prescott.
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Lombard Street, the principal street in London for banks
and the offices of note brokers; hence, the money market
and interest of London.
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