COMFORTER

comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring

(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on

quilt, comforter, comfort, puff

(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

reliever, allayer, comforter

(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; “a reliever of anxiety”; “an allayer of fears”

sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter

(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

comforter (plural comforters)

A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

Synonym: consoler

(US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.

Synonyms: duvet, (continental) quilt

(dated, mostly, UK) A woollen scarf for winter.

(UK, NZ, AU) A pacifier.

Synonym: Thesaurus:pacifier

Anagrams

• recomfort

Etymology

Proper noun

Comforter

(Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.

Synonyms

• See Holy Spirit.

Anagrams

• recomfort

Source: Wiktionary

Com"fort*er, n.

1. One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak.

2. (Script.)

Definition: The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.

3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition