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lazar.

Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈleɪzə/UK
  1. Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".

adj/ˈleɪzə/UK
  1. Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

    archaic · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".

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