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Noun: sufferer  sú-f(u-)ru(r)
  1. A person suffering from an illness
    "The new drug offered hope to sufferers of chronic pain";
    - sick person, diseased person
     
  2. One who suffers for the sake of principle
    "The political sufferer endured years of imprisonment for his beliefs";
    - martyr

Derived forms: sufferers

Type of: unfortunate, unfortunate person, victim

Encyclopedia: Sufferer