/lep"euhr/ , n.
1. a person who has leprosy.
2. a person who has been rejected or ostracized for unacceptable behavior, opinions, character, or the like; anathema; outcast.
[ 1350-1400; ME lepre leprosy lepra lépra, n. use of fem. of leprós scaly, akin to lépos scale, lépein to peel ]