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comforter

[ kuhm-fer-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that comforts.
  2. a quilt.
  3. a long, woolen scarf, usually knitted.
  4. the Comforter. Holy Ghost.


Comforter

1

/ ˈʌəə /

noun

  1. Christianity an epithet of the Holy Spirit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

comforter

2

/ ˈʌəə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that comforts
  2. a woollen scarf
  3. a baby's dummy
  4. a quilted bed covering
“Collins 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of comforter1

1300–50; Middle English comfortour < Anglo-French, Old French conforteor, equivalent to confort ( er ) ( comfort ) + -eor < Latin -ō- -or 1 or -ō- -ator
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of comforter1

C14: translation of Latin DzԲDZٴǰ, representing Greek 貹ŧٴDz; see Paraclete
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Clean: Here are guides to washing your comforter and your blankets.

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Mr. Trump clung to the trappings of the presidency — as instruments of power, leverage and, some have suggested, psychological comforters.

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They married in the camp, and when they had a son, they named him Menachem, which means comforter or consoler in Hebrew.

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Have a down comforter ready when you watch.

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Hanson, who determined that Majors should be arrested in March, said he found a “small amount of blood on a comforter on the bed,” Variety reported.

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