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lazar

noun
/ˈleɪzə/UK

Etymology

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".

  1. derived from אֶלְעָזָר
  2. derived from Λᾱ́ζᾱρος
  3. derived from lazarus
  4. derived from lazare
  5. inherited from lazare

Definitions

  1. Synonym of leper

    Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

    • Why were they proud? Because fair orange-mounts Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs?

  2. Synonym of leprous

    Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

  3. A British surname.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian.

      • The Servians have a legend, which gives a terrible picture of this national virtue: “Day departs, and the moon shines upon the white fields of snow. A stranger enters the dwelling of poor Lazar.
      • It was on the morning after the arrival of the Mussulman forces upon the plain of Kossova, that a herald, accompanied by a small escort, demanded an interview with the Sultan Murad, on the part of his master, Lazar, the King of Servia.

    2. An Ashkenazi Jewish surname.

      • At that time S.M. Lazar, editor in Cracow of the new Hebrew nespaper, Ha-Miṣpeh, had accused Hurwitz and his editor, Yosef Klausner, of anarchism, sacrilege, and “missionizing.”

    3. Alternative letter-case form of lazar.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA