1.
[syn: leper, lazar]
2. a pariah who is avoided by others;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Leper \Lep"er\ (l[e^]p"[~e]r), n. [OE. lepre leprosy, F.
l[`e]pre, L. leprae, lepra, fr. Gr. le`pra, fr. lepro`s
scaly, fr. le`pos scale, le`pein to peel.]
A person affected with leprosy.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
leper
n 1: a person afflicted with leprosy [syn: leper, lazar]
2: a pariah who is avoided by others
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "leper":
DP, Ishmael, castaway, declasse, derelict, displaced person,
evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, outcast, outcast of society,
outcaste, outlaw, pariah, persona non grata, social outcast,
unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable