Lazar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lazar \La"zar\, n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke
     xvi. 20.]
     A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a
     leper. --Chaucer.
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           Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. --Spenser.
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     {Lazar house} a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.
        [1913 Webster] Lazaret

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lazar
       n : a person afflicted with leprosy [syn: {leper}]