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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.)
  • An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
  • Anyone who is physically harmed by another.
  • A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
  • original sense A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
  • ''Narratology.'' A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.

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