Množina: lazars
Leper or person with similar pestilential disease
Leper; any plague-stricken person.
lay violent hands on · lay waste · lay waste to · lay waste to a city · laywoman · lazar · lazaret · lazaretto · Lazarist · lazarole · Lazarus
Množina: lazarets
Space in ship between decks used for storage.
lay waste · lay waste to · lay waste to a city · laywoman · lazar · lazaret · lazaretto · Lazarist · lazarole · Lazarus
Množina: lazarettos
A hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy); SYN. lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse.
hospital for lepers
glory hole · lazar house · lazaret · lazarette · pesthouse
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(1849-1887) US poet. She was the author of the poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty that begins: Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
1. The diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar.
2. The person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death.
In the New Testament, the brother of Martha, a friend of Jesus, raised by him from the dead. Lazarus is also the name of a beggar in a parable told by Jesus (Luke 16).