lazar

American  

[laz-er, ley-zer] / ˈlæz ər, ˈleɪ zər /

noun

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

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lazar British  

/ ˈlæzə /

noun

1. an archaic word for leper

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Other Word Forms

• lazar-like adjective
• lazarlike adjective

Etymology

Origin of lazar

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

Example Sentences

To prevent mischief, however, Leonard set off after him, and was fast gaining upon the lazar, whose strength was evidently failing, when the poor wretch uttered a loud cry, and fell to the ground.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

A lazar house draws him on, and he needs must reach it, weak and ill-fed though he is!

From London's Underworld by Holmes, Thomas

As for the first two, we have seen how lazar houses were established outside every town, and how public granaries were built.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

In the noisome lazar houses, amongst the lepers, in the shambles of Newgate, here on the swamps between the walls and the Thames, where men live and suffer.

From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

There came a lazar to the kings gates, A lazar both blind and lame; I tooke the lazar upon my backe,195 And on her bedd had him layne.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various