lazar
English
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Etymology
From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Latin lazarus, from Lazarus (name of a biblical figure), from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).
Pronunciation
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Noun
lazar (plural lazars)
- (archaic) A sufferer of an infectious disease, especially leprosy.
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- 1820, John Keats, “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil. A Story from Boccaccio.”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, stanza XVI, page 57:
- Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts / Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?— [...]
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Verb
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- to lasso something.
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