lazar

[ laz-er, ley-zer ]

noun

1. a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.

lazar

/ ˈlæzə /

noun

1. an archaic word for leper

Derived Forms

• ˈlazar-ˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• lazar·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lazar¹

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin lazarus leper, special use of Late Latin Lazarus Lazarus

Word History and Origins

Origin of lazar¹

C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin, after Lazarus

Example Sentences

Perhaps they were dizzied by the lazar pens shone from the stands into a number of visiting players’ eyes over the course of the evening.

From The Guardian

Still, I haven't any home, you see, and I'm not sure that a lazar hospital of some kind isn't what is awaiting me.

From Project Gutenberg

The merest sprinkling boasted of physical afflictions, and none exposed sores like the lazars of Italy or contortions like the cripples of Constantinople.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, so constant and private in service was she to the lepers of the lazar house, both men and women, that the Holy Ghost dwelt within her.

From Project Gutenberg

If, with much pains, and some success, I have drawn a deformed piece, there is as much of art, and as near an imitation of nature, in a lazar, as in a Venus.

From Project Gutenberg