sufferer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person suffering from an illness
    sick person; diseased person.
  2. noun one who suffers for the sake of principle
    martyr.

WordNet

Suf"fer*er noun
Definitions
  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 1913