comforter

[ kuhm-fer-ter ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that comforts.

  2. a quilt.

  1. a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.

  2. the Comforter. Holy Ghost.

Origin of comforter

1
1300–50; Middle English comfortour<Anglo-French, Old French conforteor, equivalent to confort(er) (see comfort) + -eor<Latin -ōr--or1 or -ātōr--ator

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British Dictionary definitions for comforter (1 of 2)

comforter

/ (ˈkʌmfətə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that comforts

  2. mainly British a woollen scarf

  1. a baby's dummy

  2. US a quilted bed covering

British Dictionary definitions for Comforter (2 of 2)

Comforter

/ (ˈkʌmfətə) /


noun
  1. Christianity an epithet of the Holy Spirit

Origin of Comforter

2
C14: translation of Latin consolātor, representing Greek paraklētos; see Paraclete

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