Associations to the word «Comforter»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
COMFORTER, noun. A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
COMFORTER, noun. (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
COMFORTER, noun. (old fashioned, mostly UK) A woollen scarf for winter.
COMFORTER, noun. (UK) (NZ) (AU) A pacifier.
COMFORTER, proper noun. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost.
Dictionary definition
COMFORTER, noun. Commiserates with someone who has had misfortune.
COMFORTER, noun. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears".
COMFORTER, noun. Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together.
COMFORTER, noun. Device used for an infant to suck or bite on.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.