n. pl. laz·a·ret·tos also laz·a·rets or laz·a·rettes 1. A hospital treating contagious diseases. 2. A building or ship used as a quarantine station. 3. often lazarette A storage space below deck or between decks on a ship or boat. [Italian lazzaretto : blend of lazzaro, lazar (from Late Latin Lazarus, Lazarus; see LAZAR) and dialectal Nazareto, popular name for a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret.] |
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