lazar

[ laz-er, ley-zer ]

/ ˈlæz ər, ˈleɪ zər /

a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.

Origin of lazar

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin lazarus leper, special use of Late Latin Lazarus Lazarus

laz·ar·like, adjective

laysan, layshaft, laytime, layton, laywoman, lazar, lazaretto, lazarist, lazarus, laze, lazear

I urged Lazar to get his eyes back on the road, if indeed he could see it, and asked why the subject was taboo.

Beware Hollywood Memoirs: They’re Dull and Overrated |Michael Korda |December 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Lazar never minded, he would just say, “OK, how much will you give me for Gene Kelly then?”

Beware Hollywood Memoirs: They’re Dull and Overrated |Michael Korda |December 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Murad lived long enough to direct the execution in his presence of Lazar and Milosch.

The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay |Lord Eversley
Yet here, within, was a reeking house of flesh—not the lazar ward of the city slum, but the sweating den of a competitive age.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) |Marshall Mather

Now you tell me, what's Uncle Lazar's whisky-jug got to do weth that?

The Graysons |Edward Eggleston
Lazar assured me, we should, most infallibly, be attacked on the road.

The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck |Baron Trenck
As for the first two, we have seen how lazar houses were established outside every town, and how public granaries were built.

The History of London |Walter Besant

lazar

/ (ˈlæzə) /

an archaic word for leper

lazar-like, adjective

C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin, after Lazarus