leper
/ˈlɛpər/
noun
- A person who has leprosy, a chronic infectious disease that affects the skin and nerves.
- Modern medicine can cure a leper, but the stigma often remains.
- In ancient times, a leper was often forced to live outside the city walls.
- The missionary dedicated her life to caring for lepers in the colony.
- A person who is rejected or avoided by others; an outcast.
- In that small town, anyone with different beliefs was treated as a leper.
- After the scandal, he became a social leper, shunned by his former friends.
- She felt like a leper at the party because no one would talk to her.
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