comforter

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.

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comforter

Noun

1. a person or thing that comforts

2. Brit a baby's dummy

3. Brit a woollen scarf

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune sympathiser, sympathizer 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" allayer, reliever individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	comforter - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together quilt, puff, comfort 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.	comforter - device used for an infant to suck or bite on baby's dummy, teething ring, pacifier 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 (US) (= pacifier); chupete m: (= bed cover); colcha

comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] n (US) → édredon m

comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] comfort (US) n → Schnuller m

comforter [ˈkʌmfətəʳ] n (US) → trapunta