sufferer

3 definitions found

sufferer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who permits or allows.
        [1913 Webster]

sufferer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sufferer
      n 1: a person suffering from an illness [syn: sick person,
           diseased person, sufferer]
      2: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: martyr,
         sufferer]

sufferer - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "sufferer":
     apoplectic, arthritic, case, consumptive, dyspeptic, epileptic,
     incurable, inpatient, invalid, martyr, object of compassion,
     outpatient, patient, poor devil, prey, rheumatic, shut-in,
     sick person, spastic, terminal case, the sick, valetudinarian,
     victim, wretch