LEPER


Meaning of LEPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lepə(r) ]

( lepers)

1.

A leper is a person who has leprosy.

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2.

If you refer to someone as a leper , you mean that people in their community avoid them because they have done something that has shocked or offended people.

The newspaper article had branded her a social leper not fit to be seen in company.

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