Sufferer

Sufferer
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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