leper
noun
a person who has leprosy.
lepers
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pluralof leper.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“The world is cursed,” says one of the lepers, “but still you find reasons to keep living.”
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“People with AIDs were considered to be the lepers of the time,” Pieters said in a recent interview at his Silver Lake home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
"I simply hope that people who, in my opinion, have been treated rather like lepers, are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition."
From BBC ● May 16, 2022
In the Middle Ages, we put lepers into asylums and strapped them with bells and wooden clappers so we could hear them approach.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2020
Some I sent to Miss Evelyn, for the lepers in Carville, Louisiana, along with a necklace just for her.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
