leper

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
2. (figuratively) Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb

1. (archaic) To afflict with leprosy.
2. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of infect.
3. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of disfigure.
4. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of taint.
5. (archaic, figuratively) Synonym of ostracize.

Konzepte

Aussätzige

Leprakranke

Leprakranker

Aussätziger

Synonyme

lazar

outcast

leprous

pariah

leprosy

reject

castaway

affected with leprosy

derelict

exile

Hansen’s disease

Lazarus

Übersetzungen

lépreux

lebbroso

λεπρός

leproso

leproos

melaatse

lepralijder

leproso

léprosé

leprosa

lèpreux

lépreuse

leprós

cüzzamlı

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: lepre

In summary

From Middle English lepre, leprosy, from Old French [Term?], from Latin leprae, lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).