| Sufferer 1. (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. 2. (n.) One who permits or allows. Thesaurus Entries 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 |