sickler

noun — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From sickle + -er.

Someone who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.

Medicine, Sciences Informal A person who has sickle-cell disease.

I met girls born with sickle cell anemia like my brother […] We called them sicklers. They called themselves sicklers.2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 44:

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