sufferer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who suffers; one who is afflicted.
    — 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.
  2. A tailor. UK,obsolete,slang
    — 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 […]

词形变化

sufferers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin suffero
Latin sufferre
Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
Old French suffrirbor.
Middle English suffren
English suffer
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sufferer
From suffer + -er.
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