D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Sufferer

/sŭf'-ẽr-ẽr/ · Suf·fer·er · IPA /sˈʌfərər/
01 n. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men …
  1. 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. 2.
    One who permits or allows.