Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sufferer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sufferer \Suf"fer*er\, n.
1. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering;
one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by
poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by
losses at sea.
2. One who permits or allows.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sufferer
n 1: a person suffering from an illness [syn: {sick person}, {diseased
person}]
2: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: {martyr}]
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