lepers
- plural of leper.
Example Sentences
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Distillers threw rotten fruit and molasses waste in the gallon to brew with ammonium chloride to produce something called “snake juice,” which was collected by lepers and taken around the city.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2025
"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
Mind you, this is the supremely healthy, singing-and-dancing variety of lepers.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
Her work from Kolkata, India, helping orphans, lepers and the poor had spread to other countries.
From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2019
In Manila, the capital city where Joey now lives, lepers were once required to wear hoods and cloaks and ring a bell to announce their presence.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
