Definition of leper colony in English:
leper colony
nounPlural leper colonies
historical A place where a group of people with leprosy live together in quarantine.
this island used to be a leper colony
Example sentencesExamples
- Reaching the former leper colony was an adventure all in itself.
- Next to the small psychiatric hospital, with its yard enclosed by a high wire fence, was the leper colony.
- His death has brought the remaining number of patients in the former leper colony to 31.
- Awarded the prize in 1974, she gave the money to a leper colony.
- Across the river he can see the lights of the leper colony.