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Sufferer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.
(n.)
One who permits or allows.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who permits or allows.
co-sufferer
Noun
1. a person suffering from an illness
(synonym) sick person, diseased person
(hypernym) unfortunate, unfortunate person
(hyponym) anorexic, anorectic
(derivation) hurt, ache, suffer
2. one who suffers for the sake of principle
(synonym) martyr
(hypernym) victim
(hyponym) shaheed
(derivation) suffer
Sufferer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, is an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena.
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