Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that comforts.
  • noun Christianity The Holy Spirit.
  • noun A quilted bedcover.
  • noun A narrow, long, typically woolen neck scarf.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A boil: in allusion to those with which Job is supposed to have been afflicted.
  • noun One who comforts or consoles; one who supports and strengthens the mind in distress, danger, or weakness.
  • noun [capitalized] The Holy Spirit, whose office it is to comfort, strengthen, and support the Christian.
  • noun A knitted or crocheted woolen scarf, long and narrow, for tying round the neck in cold weather.
  • noun Same as comfortable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who administers comfort or consolation.
  • noun (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.
  • noun United States A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.
  • noun United States A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
  • noun [Colloq.] a boil.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
  • noun A padded cover or quilt for a bed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
  • noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
  • noun device used for an infant to suck or bite on
  • noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

Etymologies

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From comfort + -er

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