Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) 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. (n.) One who permits or allows.

Multi-Version Concordance Sufferer (1 Occurrence) John 5:7 "Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me." (WEY)