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leper

lep·er [ léppər ] (plural lep·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody with leprosy: somebody affected with leprosy

2. somebody avoided: somebody who is shunned by the rest of society

[14th century. < obsolete leper "leprosy," via French< late Latin lepra< Greek lepros (see leprous)]
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