lazar

n. நோயுற்று நலிந்த ஏழை, தொழுநோயர்.

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La"zar, n. Etym: [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] Defn: A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. Chaucer. Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser. Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.

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