leper[noun]Synonyms: outcast, castaway, derelict, Ishmael, Ishmaelite, offscouring, pariah, untouchable
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
lep‧er /ˈlepə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: leper 'leprosy' (13-16 centuries), from Old French, from Late Latin lepra, from Greek, from lepein 'to remove skin']
1. someone who has leprosy
2. someone that people avoid because they have done something that people disapprove of:
They treated me as if I was a leper. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲