Leper \Lep"er\ (l[e^]p"[~e]r), n. [OE. lepre leprosy, F. l[`e]pre, L. leprae, lepra, fr. Gr. le`pra, fr. lepro`s scaly, fr. le`pos scale, le`pein to peel.] A person affected with leprosy.
Hindu priests left their temple, doctors stopped work at a leper clinic, children cut classes and motorists left the dusty roads to see the man who may be the next prime minister.
He accused Garcia of being responsible for converting Peru into "leper in the the world of international finance." When Garcia took office in 1985, he imposed a ceiling on debt payments equal to 10 percent of the nation's export income.
They said Heiling Chau's former use as a leper colony presented no health risk to the boat people.
It would be like setting up a leper colony, and would inevitably result in substandard care," says Robert Cohen, the vice president of medical operations for the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
He spent most of his life in the remote village, establishing a leper colony and a large general practice.
Banchong says a leper who turns out superb shoes at the church-run workshop probably couldn't make it on the outside: customers wouldn't buy his product if they knew about his disease.
Dhellemmes worked from 1948 to 1952 in a leper colony in eastern Cameroon.