Associations to the word «Lazaret»

Wiktionary

LAZARET, noun. A lazaretto.
LAZARET, noun. (nautical) A lazaretto.
LAZARET FEVER, noun. (obsolete) typhus

Dictionary definition

LAZARET, noun. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats