English Explanatory Dictionary

leper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
  2. Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
verb
  1. To afflict with leprosy.
  2. Synonym of infect.
  3. Synonym of disfigure.
  4. Synonym of taint.
  5. Synonym of ostracize.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛpɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leper.wav

Word forms

leper lepers lepering lepered

Etymology

From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

Synonyms

outcast infect disfigure taint ostracize

Derived words

beleper leper colony leperdom moral leper
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