leper
noun
- person affected by leprosy
- shunned person
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpɚ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
- A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
- Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
- To afflict with leprosy.
- Synonym of infect.
- Synonym of disfigure.
- Synonym of taint.
- Synonym of ostracize.