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sufferer

noun

Definition of sufferer

as in victim

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Recent Examples of sufferer Geniani Travel Humidifier As a year-round allergy sufferer, having a humidifier by my side is a must. — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026 Colchicine was commonly used in Europe for centuries, and in the 18th century was brought from that continent to America by Benjamin Franklin, a notorious sufferer from gout. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 Inspired by Matute’s personal experience as a carer for her mother, an Alzheimer disease sufferer, during her early adulthood, the title was always a main competition frontrunner. — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 Bromodosis tends to be worse for those around than for the sufferer. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 For the sufferer, however, the illness is lived as a singular nexus between culture, temperament, circumstance, and the body’s quirks. — Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 Poppy is a chronic sufferer who has more than a dozen attacks each month. — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026 Willner went on the road with presentations that included his injecting himself with blood from an AIDS sufferer, as if to show that there was nothing to be feared from HIV. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family. — John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025

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victim

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Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
After Bateman’s September 2022 arrest, his child victims were placed in protective custody.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

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