Thesaurus: comforter

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1. n. One who administers comfort or consolation.
2. n. The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.
3. n. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.
4. n. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
5. n. a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
6. n. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
7. n. bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
8. n. device used for an infant to suck or bite on
9. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak. 2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26. 3. 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. Pop. Sci. Monthly. 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]
10. The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comfortingbelievers.But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will sendin my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.
11. n:100 n. device used for an infant to suck or bite on