| Pronunciation: | | 'lazur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a person afflicted with leprosy |
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LAZAR is a 5 letter word that starts with L. |
| | Synonyms: | | leper |
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| | See Also: | | diseased person, sick person, sufferer |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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