valetudinarian

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Declared white-haired Valetudinarian Evers gratefully: "That leaves me with no more worries."

From Time Magazine Archive

Valetudinarian though he was, Horace maintains, in his later as in his early writings, a uniform cheerfulness.

From Horace by Martin, Theodore

Valetudinarian, val-ē-tū-di-nā′ri-an, adj. pertaining to ill-health: sickly: weak—also Valetū′dinary.—n. a person of weak health.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

When I began to grow a Valetudinarian, and that my Wounds began to heel up, I had the Liberty to drink Loraine Beer, which is much celebrated in those Parts.

From Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718) by Defoe, Daniel

The company again left the Valetudinarian for their social enjoyments; and not long after left Mrs. Blunt’s for their respective homes.

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John