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Webster 1913 Edition


Sufferer

Suf′fer-er

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Noun.
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.
2.
One who permits or allows.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sufferer

SUF'FERER

,
Noun.
One who endures or undergoes pain, either of body or mind; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as suffers by poverty or sickness. Men are sufferers by fire or losses at sea; they are sufferers by the ravages of an enemy; still more are they sufferers by their own vices and follies.
1.
One that permits or allows.