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sufferer

sufferer noun: one who suffers; one who is afflicted.

Noun

sufferer (plural sufferers)

  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

sufferer meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

sufferer in Hindi

one who suffers
भोगी bhogī, भोक्ता bhoktā, पीड़ित pīṛit

sufferer in Tamil

துன்பம் பொறுப்பவர், துன்பப்படுபவர்

sufferer in Urdu

دکھیا, مصیبت زدہ

Examples of sufferer in a sentence

  • They are helpful to each other, and take such an interest in their fellow sufferers.'
  • They, like the sufferer, need support, since the emotional demands placed upon them can be very intense.
  • Sufferers of trypophobia report that it is the visual percept that is particularly aversive.

All 37 example sentences with sufferer

Forms of sufferer

pluralsufferers

Plural of sufferer: sufferers

Origin of sufferer

From suffer + -er.

Questions about sufferer

What does sufferer mean?
Sufferer means one who suffers; one who is afflicted.
What is sufferer in Hindi?
Sufferer in Hindi is भोगी (bhogī), भोक्ता (bhoktā), पीड़ित (pīṛit). See Sufferer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sufferer?
Sufferer is a noun.
What is the plural of sufferer?
The plural of sufferer is sufferers.

Words near sufferer in the dictionary

  1. suffered
  2. suffered fools gladly
  3. suffered from
  4. suffered in silence
  5. sufferedst
  6. sufferer
  7. sufferers
  8. sufferest
  9. suffereth
  10. sufferfest
  11. sufferfests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sufferer (page history and authors); sufferer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sufferer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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