Comforter /(?)/
Com·fort·er
Comforter
n.
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One who administers comfort or consolation.
Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
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The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. (Script.)
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.
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A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]
The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
- A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Job's comforter
- a boil.