Sufferer

n.	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.	One who permits or allows.

Noun	1.	sufferer - a person suffering from an illness Synonyms: diseased person, sick person
	2.	sufferer - one who suffers for the sake of principle Synonyms: martyr

apoplectic, arthritic, case, consumptive, dyspeptic, epileptic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, martyr, object of compassion, outpatient, patient, poor devil, prey, rheumatic, shut-in, sick person, spastic, terminal case, the sick, valetudinarian, victim, wretch