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A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.

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  1. n. A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
  2. n. a person afflicted with leprosy
  3. 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.
  4. A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; aleper. Chaucer.Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser.Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine.
  5. n a person afflicted with leprosy