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souffre-douleur

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souffre-douleur 
1845, from Fr., lit. "suffer sorrow;" one who is in a subservient position and must listen to or share another's troubles, specifically "a woman who acts as a paid companion to an older woman."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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