1
: a person affected with leprosy
2
: a person shunned for moral or social reasons
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was treated as a leper after she leveled unpopular criticism of the beloved star
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Santa Cruz resident Rus Scott traveled to Crete in June for adventures that included a day trip from the coastal city of Agios Nikolaos, pictured, to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which was once a leper colony.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The sisters run a home for children and have helped organize an impoverished settlement of lepers.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Santa Cruz resident Rus Scott traveled to Crete in June for adventures that included a day trip from the coastal city of Agios Nikolaos, pictured, to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which was once a leper colony.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The sisters run a home for children and have helped organize an impoverished settlement of lepers.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leper. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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leper
noun
lep·er
ˈlep-ər 
: a person who has leprosy
Medical Definition
leper
noun
lep·er
ˈlep-ər
: an individual affected with leprosy
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