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sickler en · NOUN

Etymology

From sickle + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
  2. (informal) A person who has sickle-cell disease.
    • I met girls born with sickle cell anemia like my brother […] We called them sicklers. They called themselves sicklers. 2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 44:

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