comforter
noun
a person or thing that comforts.
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comforter
American
[kuhm-fer-ter]
/ ˈkʌm fər tər /
noun
comforters
plural
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a person or thing that comforts.
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a quilt.
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a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.
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the Comforter. Holy Ghost.
comforter
1
British
/ ˈkʌmfətə /
noun
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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
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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
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A former colleague comes in on the ferry to bring comforter tops for my knotting group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Referred to as "the comforter", he was ushered in - along with his family - by a marching band, horse parade and a series of luxury vehicles, among them a midnight sapphire Rolls Royce.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
They married in the camp, and when they had a son, they named him Menachem, which means comforter or consoler in Hebrew.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Have a down comforter ready when you watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
I move my head away from his hand, play with the edge of my comforter.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
Through its research, EJF says the Chinese Dalian Mengxin Ocean Fishery Company is the ultimate owner of the MV Comforter 2 and that it is part of the Meng Xin fleet.
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
We host volunteers for dinner and knotting comforters for refugees many Monday evenings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Six of its campsites, each available to reserve through recreation.gov, offer yurts including queen beds with linens, down comforters and pillows, along with two nightstands and an oversized rug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
When he understood what was happening, he pulled two beds close together and laid between them wrapped in comforters after grabbing his cellphone.
From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2023
One person in Hebei Province wrote of waking early four nights a week because she was too cold to sleep despite two comforters on her bed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
The beds were full, and comforters laid on pillows on the floor were for children.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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