Definition of "leper"

leper

noun
plural lepers, feminine lepress
1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
2. (figurative) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
verb
third-person singular simple present lepers, present participle lepering, simple past and past participle lepered
1. (now rare) To afflict with leprosy.
2. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of infect.
3. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of disfigure.
4. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of taint.
5. (figurative, now rare) Synonym of ostracize.