sufferer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 8
Definition of sufferer
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
“All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area.”
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noun
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One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
“All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area.”
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(UK, obsolete, slang)A tailor.
“From a creditor, being a "victim," "schneider," "sufferer," or "tailor," to one who sets off his wares by wearing the same, being consequently a debtor. HONOURED SIR,— I can scarcely express my delight at your kind compliments as to the fit and patterns […]”
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Etymology
From suffer + -er.
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