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What (who) is Lazaretto - definition
MILITARY OR MARITIME QUARANTINE STATION
Lazaret; Lazzaretto; Lazareto
![[[Lazzaretto of Manoel Island]], Malta](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malta - Gzira - Manoel Island - Lazzaretto+Fort (MSTHC) 01 ies.jpg?width=200 "[[Lazzaretto of Manoel Island]], Malta")
![The wall at the quarantine station of [[Odderøya]], intended to keep locals away from the plague sick.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odderøya quarantine station wall.JPG?width=200 "The wall at the quarantine station of [[Odderøya]], intended to keep locals away from the plague sick.")
Lazaretto
·add. ·noun A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.
II. Lazaretto ·noun A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
lazaretto
n.
Hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazar-house.
lazaretto
[?laz?'r?t??]
¦ noun (plural lazarettos) historical an isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases, especially leprosy or plague.
Origin
C16: from Ital., dimin. of lazzaro 'beggar', from med. L. lazarus (see lazar).
Wikipedia
Lazaretto
A lazaretto or lazaret (from Italian: lazzaretto [laddzaˈretto] a diminutive form of the Italian word for beggar cf. lazzaro) is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. In some lazarets, postal items were also disinfected, usually by fumigation. This practice was still being done as late as 1936, albeit in rare cases. A leper colony administered by a Christian religious order was often called a lazar house, after the parable of Lazarus the beggar.
