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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I make hotpads from worn-out terry cloth towels and I turn fabric scraps into comforter tops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
A down comforter makes a gift that will be appreciated for years.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
I push away the comforter, stare at the wall.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
But others, including Holy Comforter, had their schools turned to charters.
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
Downright Bedding has been perfecting down for 50 years, handcrafting comforters, pillows, and feather beds to order.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
Inside Vera Filipova’s gloomy, grimy home, blackened pots litter the messy kitchen and rumpled comforters sit on unkempt beds.
From Reuters ● May 20, 2022
She covered him with heavy comforters while Jenny ran to Ed Turner’s for help.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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