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leper

US/ˈlɛpɚ/

leper noun: a person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Noun

leper (plural lepers)

  1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
  2. (figuratively) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
    Synonyms:
    outcast

Verb

leper (third-person singular simple present lepers, present participle lepering, simple past and past participle lepered)

  1. (archaic) To afflict with leprosy.
  2. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of infect.
    Synonyms:
    infect
  3. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of disfigure.
    Synonyms:
    disfigure
  4. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of taint.
    Synonyms:
    taint
  5. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of ostracize.
    Synonyms:
    ostracize

leper meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

leper in Tamil

குட்ட நோயாளர், தொழு நோயாளர், தொழுநோயாளி, தொழுநோயர்

leper in Urdu

جذامی, کوڑھی, مجذوم

leper in Bengali

কুষ্ঠ রোগে আক্রান্ত ব্যক্তি

leper in Malayalam

കുഷ്ഠരോഗി
More languagesFewer languages
leper in Kannada
ಕುಷ್ಠರೋಗಿ, ಬಹಿಷ್ಕೃತನಾದವ, ದೂರ ಇಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವ
leper in Tagalog
ketongin
leper in Arabic
أَبْرَص ʔabraṣ, أَجْذَم ʔajḏam
leper in Persian
جذامی

Synonyms of leper

All synonyms of leper

Forms of leper

Noun
plurallepers
Verb
third-person singular presentlepers
present participlelepering
past participlelepered
pastlepered

Plural of leper: lepers

Origin of leper

From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

Words formed from leper

Phrases with leper

Words that rhyme with leper

Questions about leper

What does leper mean?
Leper means a person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
What is leper in Tamil?
Leper in Tamil is குட்ட நோயாளர், தொழு நோயாளர், தொழுநோயாளி. See Leper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leper?
Leper can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce leper?
Leper is pronounced /ˈlɛpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of leper?
The plural of leper is lepers.

Words near leper in the dictionary

  1. lepays
  2. Lepcha
  3. Lepe
  4. Lepel
  5. LePenism
  6. leper
  7. leper colonies
  8. leper colony
  9. leper's bell
  10. leper's squint
  11. Lepera

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: leper (page history and authors); leper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Leper (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); leper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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