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Definition of Leper

1. Noun. A person afflicted with leprosy.

Definition of Leper

1. n. A person affected with leprosy.

Definition of Leper

1. Noun. A person who has leprosy. ¹

2. Noun. A person who is shunned; a pariah. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Leper

1. one affected with leprosy [n -S]

Medical Definition of Leper

1. A person who has leprosy. Origin: G. Lepra (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leper

Literary usage of Leper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"THE LOUISIANA leper HOME Ralph Hopkins, MD, Physician in Charge, New Orleans The story of leprosy in Louisiana is a long one with many sad, ..."

2. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1891)
"leper-houses in Scotland and Ireland. Most of the leper-spitals of Scotland ... One or more leper- hospitals were built by the rich abbeys on the Tweed (at ..."

3. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces by Isidore Singer, William Guild Howard (1914)
"[As they crowd around, the Strange leper steps from behind the column. ... I am a leper from Karesh and wish To dwell among you here at St. Lubin. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"In locating a leper settlement the search was soon directed to the Molokai Peninsula, ... leper SETTLEMENT.—The entire northern coast of Molokai has but one ..."

5. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"If a man, who is a visible leper, will intrude himself into a church. the company of his neighbours, to their nuisance, or disturbance^ a «TK shall be ..."

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