noun
lazaret
Lazaret (noun) means Another word for lazaretto.
noun
1
Another word for lazaretto.
2
A place set aside for people with contagious illnesses - leprosy or plague in particular - to live over the long term.
"The director was locked up in the same institution with his patients, and the institution was equally cut off, isolated on the outskirts of the city like an ancient lazaret with its lepers."
— Carl Jung et al, translated by Richard Winston et al (1989)
"I woke the next morning in a lazaret, a long, high-ceilinged room where we, the sick, the injured, lay upon narrow beds."
— Gene Wolfe (1980)
3
A hospital, or sometimes a ship, used to keep infectious patients away from others to stop disease spreading.
4
The area at the front of a merchant ship's tweendecks used for storing provisions.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French lazaret, itself from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; see lazaretto for more. It is a doublet of lazaretto.
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What is the meaning of lazaret?
"lazaret" (noun) means another word for lazaretto.
What is another word for lazaret?
Other words for "lazaret" include pesthouse, lazaretto, lazarette.
What are the different meanings of lazaret?
"lazaret" has 3 main meanings: 1. Another word for lazaretto; 2. A place set aside for people with contagious illnesses - leprosy or plague in particular - to live over the long term; 3. A hospital, or sometimes a ship, used to keep infectious patients away from others to stop disease spreading.
