sickman means A person who is unwell or incapacitated. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From the English phrase sick man, adopted into sepoy patois.
noun
- A person who is unwell or incapacitated.“Generally the entrails of big animals are kept suspended at full length by means of strong ropes and a stick is taken to point out, to the friends of a sickman or an inquirer, the particular sign of recovery or of death which is indicated by peculiar marks in the entrails of the slain animal.”