leper

Definitions


[ˈlɛpə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person suffering from leprosy


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Origin:
late Middle English: probably from an attributive use of leper ‘leprosy’, from Old French lepre, via Latin from Greek lepra, feminine of lepros ‘scaly’, from lepos, lepis ‘scale’




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