leper, lazar
(noun) a person afflicted with leprosy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lazar
A British surname.
Lazar
A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian
Lazar
An Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
Lazar (plural Lazars)
Alternative letter-case form of lazar
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
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
