Leper

Quick meaning: Leper is a noun meaning A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Meaning

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
2. (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
3. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
4. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
5. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
6. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.

Word Forms

• lepers
• lepering
• lepered

Synonyms for leper

Depending on context, synonyms include outcast, infect, disfigure, taint, ostracize, lazar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lazar, leprosy, cleansed, leprophobia, lepraphobia, lepra.

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