Comforter

n.	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, - referring 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. 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. Job's comforter a boil.

Noun	1.	comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer
	2.	comforter - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" Synonyms: allayer, reliever
	3.	comforter - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together Synonyms: quilt, puff
	4.	comforter - device used for an infant to suck or bite on Synonyms: baby's dummy, teething ring, pacifier

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