Usually means: Person with chronic bacterial disease.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word leper:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. leper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. leper: Merriam-Webster
  3. leper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. leper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. leper: Collins English Dictionary
  6. leper: Vocabulary.com
  7. Leper, leper: Wordnik
  8. leper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. leper: Wiktionary
  10. leper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. leper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. leper: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. leper: Dictionary.com
  14. leper: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. leper: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Leper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Leper: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. leper: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. leper: Rhymezone
  20. Leper: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. leper: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. leper: FreeDictionary.org
  23. leper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. leper: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leper: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. leper: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Leper: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. leper: Medical dictionary
  6. Leper: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. leper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. leper: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
▸ verb:  (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
▸ verb:  (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
▸ verb:  (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
▸ verb:  (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
▸ verb:  (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.

Similar:
lazar, leprophobia, lepraphobia, Hansen's disease, Hansenosis, lepra, leprosy, leaprosy, leprosity, mesel, more...

Opposite:
cured, healthy, well

Types:
Hansen's disease, leprosy, more...

Phrases:
leper colony, leper colonies, leper house, leper lily, leper tanker, more...

Adjectives:
moral, poor, social, healed, old, cleansed, loathsome, syrian, blind, political, former


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Similar:
lazar, leprophobia, lepraphobia, Hansen's disease, Hansenosis, lepra, leprosy, leaprosy, leprosity, mesel, more...

Opposite:
cured, healthy, well

Types:
Hansen's disease, leprosy, more...

Phrases:
leper colony, leper colonies, leper house, leper lily, leper tanker, Jesus cleansing a leper, Simon the Leper, Terrace of the Leper King, more...

Adjectives:
moral, poor, social, healed, old, cleansed, loathsome, syrian, blind, political, former



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