sufferer

CEFRB2

/sˈʌfərər/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meaning

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

The word in print, with each source given in full.

All the main-line railways, as well as London Transport, were affected by flying-bomb damage, but naturally the Southern Railway was the principal sufferer for geographical reasons, and the L.N.E.R. came next with the damage it sustained in the Stratford area.
1944 November and December, “Rapid Damage Repair”, in Railway Magazine, page 323
From a creditor, being a "victim," "schneider," "sufferer," or "tailor," to one who sets off his wares by wearing the same, being consequently a debtor. HONOURED SIR,— I can scarcely express my delight at your kind compliments as to the fit and patterns […]
1841, Punch Or The London Charivari, volume 1, page 160

Looking a word up is the easy part. LexUp remembers which words you have met and brings them back at the point you were about to forget them.

From suffer + -er.