sufferer
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sufferer (plural sufferers)
- One who suffers.
- 1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, page 323:
- 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.
- One who is afflicted.
Translations edit
one who suffers
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References edit
- “sufferer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.