Lazar \La"zar\, n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] 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.
lazar house n : hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) [syn: {lazaretto}, {lazaret}, {lazarette}, {pesthouse}]