lazar

(lā′zər, laz′ər)

noun

Rare an impoverished, diseased, esp. leprous, person

Origin: ME < ML lazarus, leper < LL(Ec) Lazarus < Gr(Ec) Lazaros, Lazarus

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noun
Archaic

A diseased person; a leper.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French lazre

Origin: , from Late Latin Lazarus, Lazarus, the beggar full of sores in a New Testament parable (Luke 16:20)

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