lazaret
Synonym of lazarettoSynonym of lazaretto.: A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
Meaning
3 sensesSynonym of lazaretto.
(historical)A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
(also, figuratively, historical)A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine.
A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
Origin
Borrowed from French lazaret, from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; seBorrowed from French lazaret, from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; see further at lazaretto. Doublet of lazaretto.
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Forms
plural: lazaretsSynonyms
4 synonyms- hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy):lazarettolazarettelazar housepesthouse