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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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