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sufferers

sufferers is the plural of sufferer.

Meaning of sufferer

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

Questions about sufferers

What is sufferers the plural of?
Sufferers is the plural of sufferer.

Words near sufferers in the dictionary

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

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