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How to pronounce leper in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lazar
Type of diseased person, sufferer, sick person
Type Words
Type of outcast, ishmael, castaway, pariah

Examples of leper

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After his diagnosis as a leper, he was shunned by both civil and church leaders.
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Again, she must think that I am either a leper or a threat to the organization.
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In 1833 Curieuse became a leper colony that didn't cease operations until 1965.
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She was a Franciscan nun who tended a leper colony in Hawaii in the 19th century.
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They were living in a leper colony built by the Australians and located in Meneng.
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I heal him who was born blind, and the leper, and I raise the dead, by God's leave.
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She better not move to Britain or she'll be treated like some kind of leper.
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I don't want to treat him like a leper, but I do want to keep myself safe.
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This is Kalaupapa Peninsula, once the site of a leper colony and now a national park.
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More examples
  • A person afflicted with leprosy
  • A pariah who is avoided by others
  • Leprosy or Hansen's disease (HD), named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. ...
  • Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161-16 March 1185), called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay, was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185. ...
  • (The Lepers) Modern English are an English rock band best remembered for their songs "I Melt with You," "Hands Across the Sea," and "Ink and Paper". The group disbanded for a period in 1991, but later recorded in 1995 with some new members.
  • (The Lepers) The Love From Above - Their last album before leaving Lincoln and a big development songwriting-wise from the first album.
  • Someone suffering from leprosy, a chronic infectious disease characterised by skin lesions and the loss of nerve sensation. ...
  • A person having leprosy; a person to be shunned or ostracized, as because of the danger of moral contamination. Here, it is a nickname for the quiet, aloof Elwin Lepellier.