▪ a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation: "the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession"Similarvictimsuffererloserloss
▪ the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases. "he went to casualty to have a cut stitched"
▪ (chiefly in insurance) an accident or disaster:"the Insurers acquire all the Policyholder's rights in respect of the casualty which caused the loss"
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘chance, a chance occurrence’): from medieval Latin casualitas, from casualis (see casual), on the pattern of words such as penalty.
