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sufferer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin suffero Latin sufferre Vulgar Latin *sufferīre Old French suffrirbor. Middle English suffren English suffer English -er English sufferer From suffer + -er.

Meanings

1. One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
   • 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. 1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, page 323:
2. (UK, obsolete, slang) A tailor.
   • From a creditor, being a "victim," "schneider," "sufferer," or "tailor," to one who sets off his wares by wearing the same, being consequently a debtor. HONOURED SIR,— I can scarcely express my delight at your kind compliments as to the fit and patterns […] 1841, Punch Or The London Charivari, volume 1, page 160:

Forms

Translations (16)

pt sofredora (one who suffers) · fr malade (one who suffers) · he סובל (one who suffers) · de Leider (one who suffers) · mi hāura (one who suffers) · bg страда́лец (one who suffers) · pt sofredor (one who suffers) · he סובלת (one who suffers) · nl lijder (one who suffers) · hi पीड़ित (one who suffers) · ru страда́лец (one who suffers) · hi भोगी (one who suffers) · hi भोक्ता (one who suffers) · ru страда́лица (one who suffers) · cy dioddefwr (one who suffers) · es sufridor (one who suffers)