sufferer

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Definition of sufferer

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. (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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