comforter
a person or thing that comforts.
a quilt.
a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.
the Comforter. Holy Ghost.
Origin of comforter
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How to use comforter in a sentence
These Job's comforters—were they trying to make the thing seem even more unbearable than it already was?
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. RichmondWhen I did so two late arrivals were hurrying up to a carriage—one tall, one of middle height; both in cloaks and comforters.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersMy uncle's face appeared above a card of infant's comforters in the glass pane of the door.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsThe men wore paletots, small, soft caps pulled down over their ears, and woolen comforters untied and hanging down their backs.
Germinie Lacerteux | Edmond and Jules de GoncourtWith all these comforters it is finally better to do without their devotions than to be subjected to their discouragements.
British Dictionary definitions for comforter (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkʌmfətə) /
a person or thing that comforts
mainly British a woollen scarf
a baby's dummy
US a quilted bed covering
British Dictionary definitions for Comforter (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkʌmfətə) /
Christianity an epithet of the Holy Spirit
Origin of Comforter
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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