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adj
Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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Synonyms: leprous
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name
A British surname.
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name
A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian.
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name
An Ashkenazi Jewish surname.
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noun
Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: leper
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of lazar.
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
a person afflicted with leprosy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: leper
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Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
From Middle English lazare, from Old French lazare, from Medieval Latin lazarus (“leper”), an antonomasia from Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of the Biblical figure found in Luke 16, from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (“Eleazar”), a given name shared by various figures in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning "God has helped".
From Middle English [Term?], from lazare (“leper”), from Old French lazare, from Latin lazarus, from Lazarus (name of a biblical figure), from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Lazar, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).
