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comforter

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com·fort·er  (kmfr-tr)
n.
1. One that comforts: the nurse as comforter of the sick.
2. Comforter Christianity The Holy Spirit.
3. A quilted bedcover.
4. A narrow, long, typically woolen neck scarf.

comforter [ˈkʌmfətə]
n
1. a person or thing that comforts
2. (Clothing & Fashion) Chiefly Brit a woollen scarf
3. a baby's dummy
4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) US a quilted bed covering

Comforter [ˈkʌmfətə]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity an epithet of the Holy Spirit
[translation of Latin consolātor, representing Greek paraklētos; see Paraclete]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
communicator - a person who communicates with others
Job's comforter - someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
2.comforter - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
3.comfortercomforter - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding - coverings that are used on a bed
continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
patchwork quilt, patchwork - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
4.comfortercomforter - device used for an infant to suck or bite on
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
Translations
comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] N
1. (baby's) → chupete m, chupón m (LAm)
2. (US) (= blanket) → edredón m
3. (= scarf) → bufanda f
comforter [ˈkʌmfərr] n (US) (= quilt) → édredon m
comfort food naliment m réconfortant
comforter
n
(= person)Tröster(in) m(f); my wife was my comforter in times of stressin schweren Zeiten war meine Frau mein Beistand
(dated: = scarf) → Wollschal m
(= dummy, teat)Schnuller m
(US: = quilt) → Deckbett nt
comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] n (person) → consolatore/trice; (scarf) → sciarpa di lana; (baby's dummy) → ciuccio, succhiotto (Am) (quilt) → trapunta
comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] n (person) → consolatore/trice; (scarf) → sciarpa di lana; (baby's dummy) → ciuccio, succhiotto (Am) (quilt) → trapunta


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I took off my long woollen comforter and wound it around Yulka's throat.
Then there came up a broad-faced man, dressed in a great gray coat with great gray cape and great white buttons, a gray hat, and a blue comforter loosely tied round his neck; his hair was gray, too; but he was a jolly-looking fellow, and the other men made way for him.
And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
 
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