Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who suffers; one who is afflicted.

    Leider

    страда́лецstradálec, страда́лицаstradálica

    one who suffers for the sake of principle

  2. (UK, obsolete, slang)A tailor.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. They supplied the sufferers with food.

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  2. We should furnish enough food for sufferers.

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  3. Tom is a longtime sufferer of migraines.

  4. Relief has been sent to the flood sufferers.

    ruПострадавшим от наводнения была оказана помощь. — sharptoothed

  5. Pollen count is an indicator that allergy sufferers follow.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who suffers:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who suffers:

Forms

plural: sufferers
Singularsufferer
Pluralsufferers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one who suffers for the sake of principle:martyr
  • a person suffering from an illness:sick persondiseased person

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsuffer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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