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Santa Cruz resident Rus Scott traveled to Crete in June for adventures that included a day trip from the coastal city of Agios Nikolaos, pictured, to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which was once a leper colony.
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The sisters run a home for children and have helped organize an impoverished settlement of lepers.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
Spinalonga Island's beauty is juxtaposed with its history as a leper colony.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2023
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Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The sisters run a home for children and have helped organize an impoverished settlement of lepers.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
Spinalonga Island's beauty is juxtaposed with its history as a leper colony.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leper
Noun
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But sheer athleticism won’t turn him into a celebrity, and his demeanor doesn’t endear him to people—Majors plays Maddox as a sullen and tightly wound outcast whose environment shapes his isolation.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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There is also new character, a Nazi collaborator from World War 2 who is a social outcast.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.—
Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser,
Anchorage Daily News,
8 Feb. 2023
Noun
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The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
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Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leper. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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