From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leper \Lep"er\ (l[e^]p"[~e]r), noun [OE. lepre leprosy, F. l['e]pre, L. leprae, lepra, fr. Gr. le'pra, fr. lepro's scaly, fr. le'pos scale, le'pein to peel.] A person affected with leprosy.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a person afflicted with leprosy [syn: {lazar}]
2: a pariah who is avoided by others
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "leper": DP, Ishmael, castaway, declasse, derelict, displaced person, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, pariah, persona non grata, social outcast, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable
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