leper
leper · lepers
прокажений
прокажённый
Aussätziger, Leprakranker
A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's diseaseA person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
US/ˈlɛpɚ/
» We were all treated like lepers.
Meaning
2 sensesA person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
Aussätziger, Leprakranker
прокажённыйprokažónnyj
прока́женийprokáženyj
a person afflicted with leprosy
(figuratively)Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.
a pariah who is avoided by others
Examples
3 sentencesWe were all treated like lepers.
I feel like a leper.
deIch komme mir wie ein Aussätziger vor. — Waldelfe
I am not a leper; I'm just gay.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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Deutsch
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Origin
From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, froFrom Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).
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