leper [lep-er] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
leper [lep-er]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pariah
Synonyms: anathema, outcast, untouchable
Main Entry: refugee
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person running from something, often oppression
Synonyms: DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré
Main Entry: castaway
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shipwrecked person
Synonyms: derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif
Example Sentences
  • Quite simply it is a leper that western corporations are desperate to keep away from in case their image is infected.
  • In his own heroic way, he refused to be the great celebrity leper.
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