Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which allays or alleviates.
- noun One who or that which allays or alloys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, allays.
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- noun One who
allays .
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
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Examples
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I know this is an aside, but I really enjoyed the dog as companion and allayer of fear.
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She became almost as much of a peacemaker, a smoother-down of rough interludes, an allayer of irritating ebullitions, as Dora was wont to be at home.
A Houseful of Girls Sarah Tytler 1870
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In many of the same ways "The Cosby Show" did, it does double duty as both an allayer of white guilt ( "he's just like us") and an image makeover for black communities that resent their monolithic reputation for absentee fatherhood.
Jimmydiamond commented on the word allayer
to set aside your fears , trepidation ,from the french , the er are silent in annunciation
April 6, 2012