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English
Etymology
From suffer + -er.
Noun
sufferer (plural sufferers)
- One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, page 323: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.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A tailor.
1841, Punch Or The London Charivari, volume 1, page 160: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 […]
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