ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lazar

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈleɪzə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lazar is a noun meaning (archaic) Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

Example Sentences

Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?
And Tamburlane cloked the fantasticall cruelty, he exercised upon Lazars or Leprousmen, with a foolish kinde of humanitie, putting all he could finde or heare-of, to death, (as he said,) to ridde them from so painefull and miserable a life, as they lived.

Word Forms

Synonyms for lazar

Depending on context, synonyms include leper, leprous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include leper, lent, laban, belesh, nazarite, halutz.

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