LAZAR

leper, lazar

(noun) a person afflicted with leprosy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lazar

A British surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lazar

A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Lazar

An Ashkenazi Jewish surname.

Etymology 4

Noun

Lazar (plural Lazars)

Alternative letter-case form of lazar

Etymology

Noun

lazar (plural lazars)

(archaic) A sufferer of an infectious disease, especially leprosy.

Source: Wiktionary


La"zar, n. Etym: [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.]

Definition: A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. Chaucer. Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser. Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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