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Webster 1913 Edition


Pesthouse

Pestˊhouse′

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Noun.
A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pesthouse

PEST'HOUSE

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Noun.
A house or hospital for persons infected with any contagious and mortal disease.

Definition 2024


pesthouse

pesthouse

English

Noun

pesthouse (plural pesthouses)

  1. An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections

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