sickler

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Etymology

From sickle +‎ -er.

Noun

sickler (plural sicklers)

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

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