sufferer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sufferer
    n 1: a person suffering from an illness [syn: {sick person},
         {diseased person}, {sufferer}]
    2: one who suffers for the sake of principle [syn: {martyr},
       {sufferer}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sufferer \Suf"fer*er\, n.
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. One who permits or allows.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "sufferer":
      apoplectic, arthritic, case, consumptive, dyspeptic, epileptic,
      incurable, inpatient, invalid, martyr, object of compassion,
      outpatient, patient, poor devil, prey, rheumatic, shut-in,
      sick person, spastic, terminal case, the sick, valetudinarian,
      victim, wretch
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