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Leper

A person affected with leprosy.

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Castaway 76% connected

One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outcast 76% connected

Cast out; degraded.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pariah 76% connected

One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sud…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sufferer 76% connected

One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lazar 92% connected

A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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