comforter
noun
a person or thing that comforts.
comforter
American
[kuhm-fer-ter]
/ ˈkʌm fər tər /
noun
comforters
plural
-
a person or thing that comforts.
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a quilt.
-
a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.
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the Comforter. Holy Ghost.
comforter
1
British
/ ˈkʌmfətə /
noun
-
a person or thing that comforts
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a woollen scarf
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a baby's dummy
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a quilted bed covering
Comforter
2
British
/ ˈkʌmfətə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comforter
1300–50; Middle English comfortour < Anglo-French, Old French conforteor, equivalent to confort ( er ) ( see comfort) + -eor < Latin -ōr- -or 1 or -ātōr- -ator
Example Sentences
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Tracing who owns the MV Comforter 2 and other vessels operating in Ghana is complicated.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2023
The leafy neighborhood surrounding Holy Comforter Saint-Cyprian Roman Catholic Church has transformed in recent years.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2019
The groom, 39, is the organist and director of music at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter in Charlotte, N.C.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2019
She called herself the Public Universal Friend, the All-Friend, and the Comforter, among other names, and answered only to male pronouns.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 24, 2019
Comforter, sheets, pillows, blankets: everything has to be removed from Dussel’s bed, where it’s kept during the day.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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