SUFFERER

martyr, sufferer

(noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sufferer (plural sufferers)

One who suffers.

One who is afflicted.

Source: Wiktionary


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.

2. One who permits or allows.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 January 2025

SHTIK

(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”


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