A "lazaretto" is a hospital for contagious diseases, a quarantine station, or storage space on a ship. It originates from the Italian "lazzaretto."
Un "lazareto" es un hospital para enfermedades contagiosas, una estación de cuarentena o un espacio de almacenamiento en un barco. Proviene del italiano "lazzaretto".
| Front | lazaretto \laz-uh-RET-o\ also lazaret or lazarette \laz-uh-RET\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A hospital treating contagious diseases. 2. A building or ship used as a quarantine station. 3. Often lazaret. A storage space between the decks of a ship. [From Italian lazzaretto, a blend of lazzaro + Nazareto. Lazzaro is the Italian version of the name Lazarus, the name of a beggar covered in sores as described in the New Testament (Luke 16:20). Nazareto was the nickname of a hospital, after Santa Maria di Nazareth, the name of the Church on the island where it was located. Earliest documented use: 1549.] "During times of epidemic, the government established a lazaretto on the neutral ground." - Jason Musteen; Nelson's Refuge; Naval Institute Press; 2011. "The Council House was a frame building, away from the rest, that had been built in the old, wilder days as a lazaretto for surly drunks." - Kurt Vonnegut; Player Piano; Charles Scribner's Sons; 1952. |
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