lazar noun & adjective. ['leɪzǝ] arch. ME.
[medieval Latin lazarus, an application of the name Lazarus (Luke 16:20), partly through Old French lasdre (mod. ladre).]
A. noun.
1. A poor and diseased person, esp. a leper. ME.

2. Discoloured and decaying matter in cheese. L16-E18.

Comb.:
lazar-house = LAZARETTO 1.
b. adjective. Of a person: poor and diseased; leprous. LME.

■ lazarlike adjective resembling a poor and diseased person, leprous E17.

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