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noun

Lazaretto, Lazaret n.

A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.

(Naut.) A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lazaretto" Quotes from Famous Books

... cavalry, to Hubertsburg, take possession of the castle, and have all the valuable furniture carefully inventoried and packed up. I will have none of it. The money obtained from its ransom will be turned over to the Lazaretto, and I ...

— The Merchant of Berlin - An Historical Novel • L. Muhlbach

... is easy. You can hide—oh, where now? Why, of course, in the lazaretto. And your wife in a locker somewhere that Captain Corning will pick out for her. They will not look far, even if they shall suspect us—they will think we would have fifty or a hundred aboard or none at all. So they will not look into every corner. If you both hide ...

— Sonnie-Boy's People • James B. Connolly

... LAZARETTO. A building or vessel appointed for the performance of quarantine, in which all persons are confined coming from places infected with the plague or other infectious diseases. Also, a place parted off at the ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... and made a sign to Ottilie, who at once prepared to retire with her. Edward seized her hand, and cried, "We will not end this day in a lazaretto. She is too good for a sister of mercy. Without us, I should think, the half-dead may wake, and the living ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. II • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke

Words linked to "Lazaretto" : lazar house, cabinet, lazaret, hospital, glory hole, storage locker