unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune

injured party, casualty - someone injured or killed in an accident

casualty - someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

hunted person - a person who is hunted

martyr, sufferer - one who suffers for the sake of principle

martyr - one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

muggee - a victim of a mugging; "the law seems to give more protection to the mugger than to the muggee"

murderee - a victim who is murdered

poor devil, wretch - someone you feel sorry for

fair game, prey, quarry, target - a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"

punching bag - a person on whom another person vents their anger; "he resigned because his boss used him as a punching bag"

scapegoat, whipping boy - someone punished for the errors of others

human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

laughingstock, stooge, butt, goat - a victim of ridicule or pranks

chump, fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, mark - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

lamb - a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

easy mark, sitting duck - a defenseless victim