leper

Speech parts

1. leper - Noun

2. leper - Verb

Meaning

A person affected with leprosy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lazar lima castaway exile reject refugee infect outsider leprosy expatriate derelict anathema outcast taint pariah
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Antonyms

allow member improve native benefit favor
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Hypernyms

Ishmael castaway outcast pariah sufferer sick person

Phrases with the word

leper house ex-leper leper village

Anagrams

lepre perel repel Epler

Examples

The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies must be heretics; just as if a doctor who studies leprosy must be a leper. Indeed, it is only recently that science has been allowed to study anything without reproach. Aleister Crowley

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. Graham Greene

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. Mother Teresa

I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured. Adrian Mitchell

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work! Robin Williams

God is the friend of both the simple guy and the leper. Kashmir Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Lepechinia calycina Lepel LePenism leper colony leper house leper lily