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Meaning of LAZAR

Pronunciation:  'lazur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a person afflicted with leprosy
 

LAZAR is a 5 letter word that starts with L.

 

 Synonyms: leper
 
 See Also: diseased person, sick person, sufferer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\La"zar\, n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke
xvi. 20.]
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.

 

 

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