lazaret
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lazaret
- /ˌlæzəˈɹɛt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lazaret, from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; see further at lazaretto. Doublet of lazaretto.
noun lazarets · lazarette
- A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis. But the civilising was so complete that the survivors of the original inhabitants numbered seven, of whom two were dying of consumption in the Native Compound, three confined in the Native Lazaret with leprosy, the rest, a man and a woman, living in a gunyah at the remote end of Devilfish Bay, subsi
- A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. The liver is the lazaret of bile, / But very rarely executes its function
- A place at the front of the tweendecks of a merchant ship where provisions are stored.
Talk about this word "lazaret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lazaret. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lazaret. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lazaret "lazaret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lazaret.Cite this
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title = {lazaret},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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