Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a tailor; thus who suffers?, the question: ‘who is your tailor?’.

1807		G. Colman Yngr John Bull II ii: Mine’s but a mere façon de parler: just as we talk to one another about our coats:—we never say, ‘Who’s your tailor?’ We always ask, ‘Who suffers?’.
1822		Tom and Jerry; A Musical Extravaganza I iv: I want to send you to Mr. Primefit, the sufferer.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.
1866		Australasian (Melbourne) 21 July 4/4: Some slang terms are perceived to have a comic foundation in truth, as in the Oxford name for a tailor, ‘a sufferer’.

2. (Aus.) the loser in a game.

1895

Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 82: Sufferer, the looser [sic] in any game.