[ UK /lˈɛpɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɛpɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a pariah who is avoided by others
  2. a person afflicted with leprosy
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How To Use leper In A Sentence

  • Others in slalom: Lindsey Kildow ninth, Sarah Schleper tied for 14th, Julia Mancuso 16th, Lauren Ross 24th, Resi Stiegler 27th. USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Rahlves sits atop ski world
  • Matthew, in annexing this cure to that of the leper, who was a Jew, intimates this; the leprous Jews Christ touched and cured, for he preached personally to them; but the paralytic Gentiles he cured at a distance; for to them he did not go in person, but sent his word and healed them; yet in them he was more magnified. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
  • Nor, after having been declared a leper, is the patient immediately rushed off to Molokai. Chapter 7
  • Now, it is clear that this sacrifice is brought as a consequence of impurity from the fact that the same sacrifice of two turtle-doves or two pigeons is brought by a leper, a woman who has had an impure issue, and one who has just given birth.
  • Every afternoon, the lepers would gather at the fence to mock the lunatics as they were let out for their exercise, performing their strange dances and shouting at unseen persecutors.
  • His unpopular views made him a social leper.
  • If the leper is in hiding, he cannot be operated upon, the necrosis will continue to eat its way up the bone of the leg, and in a brief and horrible time that leper will die of gangrene or some other terrible complication. Chapter 7
  • The tour, which also takes in the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Terrace of the Elephants and Terrace of Leper Kings, as well as the famous Ta Prohm temple, ends with a gentle boat ride from the south gate to the west gate of Angkor Thom, where guests are picked up and taken to the five-star Hôtel de la Paix in nearby Siem Reap. Memories Worth 1,000 Pradas
  • The pleasure of the poet, and the reader, is seeing these mean little memes circulating freely, doing their damage, a leperous distilment poured into the porches of our ears. Hullabaloo
  • Such a leper is a lonely outcast, living in constant fear of discovery and slowly and surely rotting away. Chapter 7
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