With the and plural agreement: sorrowful people collectively. Also: †a sorrowful person (obsolete).
A wretched or sorrowful person. Also with the and plural agreement: wretched or sorrowful people collectively. Obsolete.
A woebegone person. rare before 19th cent.
A sorrowful or suffering person. rare.
A vicarious bearer of sorrow. rare.
One who feels or shows grief.