leper
IPA: ɫˈɛpɝ
noun
- A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
- (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
verb
- (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
- (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.
Advertisement
Examples of "leper" in Sentences
- The funds were to be used for the benefit of the lepers.
- The museum is dedicated to the history of the leper house.
- The rest of the paragraph suggests something more like leper.
- The building was founded as a leper hospital in the 12th century.
- The islands were the site of a leper colony between 1892 and 1898.
- The decadence, the hints of bisexuality and so on, made me a leper
- Following the confirmation, the leper was given several days to prepare.
- He was exiled to the leper colony at Kalaupapa on the island of Molokai.
- The dog would lick the festered sores of the leper and clean them for him.
- At the end of the 19th century, a leper colony was established in the island.
Advertisement
Advertisement