leper

L1E1P3E1R1
US/ˈlɛpɚ/

noun

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

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outcastinfectdisfiguretaintostracizelazar
OriginMiddle English lepre ← Old French [Term?] ← Latin leprae →
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Meanings

nounleper (plural lepers)

plural lepers

  1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
  2. figurativelySynonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

    Synonyms: outcast

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

present singular third person lepers · participle present lepering · participle past lepered · past lepered

  1. archaicTo afflict with leprosy.
  2. archaicfigurativelySynonym of infect.

    Synonyms: infect

  3. archaicfigurativelySynonym of disfigure.

    Synonyms: disfigure

  4. archaicfigurativelySynonym of taint.

    Synonyms: taint

  5. archaicfigurativelySynonym of ostracize.

    Synonyms: ostracize

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

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outcast

verbSynonym of infect.

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infect

verbSynonym of disfigure.

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disfigure

verbSynonym of taint.

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taint

verbSynonym of ostracize.

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ostracize

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person afflicted with leprosy

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lazar
Broader
sick persondiseased personsufferer
Also see
contaminatedisfigureinfectlazarleprosymeselostracizeoutcasttaint

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekλέπρα
  2. Latinleprae
  3. Old French[Term?]
  4. Middle Englishlepre
  5. Englishleper

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek λεπρός
  • λεπρός (leprós)person who has leprosy
Arabic أَبْرَص, أَجْذَم
  • أَبْرَص (ʔabraṣ)person who has leprosy
  • أَجْذَم (ʔajḏam)person who has leprosy
Bulgarian прокажен, прокажен
  • прокажен (prokažen)person who has leprosy
  • прокажен (prokažen)figurative: outcast
Catalan leprós, leprosa
  • leprósperson who has leprosy
  • leprosaperson who has leprosy
Danish spedalsk
  • spedalskperson who has leprosy
Dutch melaatse, leproos
  • melaatseperson who has leprosy
  • leproosperson who has leprosy
Esperanto leprulo
  • lepruloperson who has leprosy
Finnish spitaalinen
  • spitaalinenperson who has leprosy
French léprosé, lépreux
  • léproséperson who has leprosy
  • lépreuxperson who has leprosy
German Aussätziger, Leprakranker
  • Aussätzigerperson who has leprosy
  • Leprakrankerperson who has leprosy
Greek λεπρός
  • λεπρός (leprós)person who has leprosy
Hebrew מְצֹרָע
  • מְצֹרָע (m'tsorá)person who has leprosy
Hungarian leprás
  • leprásperson who has leprosy
Irish lobhar
  • lobharperson who has leprosy
Italian lebbroso, lebbrosa
  • lebbrosoperson who has leprosy
  • lebbrosaperson who has leprosy
Japanese 癩病患者
  • 癩病患者 (raibyōkanja)person who has leprosy
Korean 한센병 환자, 나환자
  • 한센병 환자 (hansenbyeong hwanja)person who has leprosy
  • 나환자 (nahwanja)person who has leprosy
  • 문둥이 (mundung'i)person who has leprosy
Latin leprōsus
  • leprōsusperson who has leprosy
Persian جذامی
  • جذامیperson who has leprosy
Polish trędowaty
  • trędowatyperson who has leprosy
Portuguese leproso, leprosa
  • leprosoperson who has leprosy
  • leprosaperson who has leprosy
Romanian lepros, leproasă
  • leprosperson who has leprosy
  • leproasăperson who has leprosy
Russian прокажённый
  • прокажённый (prokažónnyj)person who has leprosy
Spanish leproso, leprosa
  • leprosoperson who has leprosy
  • leprosaperson who has leprosy
Swahili mkoma
  • mkomaperson who has leprosy
Swedish spetälsk
  • spetälskperson who has leprosy
Tagalog ketongin
  • ketonginperson who has leprosy
Turkish cüzzamlı
  • cüzzamlıperson who has leprosy
Ukrainian прока́жений
  • прока́жений (prokáženyj)person who has leprosy

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with leper

pepperlepperprepper
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Anagrams

repelEplerLepre
Cite this entry
APA

leper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leper

MLA

“leper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leper.

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