lazar
/ˈleɪzər/
noun
- A person who is very poor and often sick, especially one who has a skin disease like leprosy; a beggar.
- In medieval times, a lazar was often forced to live outside the town walls.
- The story tells of a rich man who ignored the lazar at his doorstep.
- The old lazar sat by the city gate, asking for coins from passersby.