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comforter
(encz) | comforter,dudlík n: [brit.] Pino |
comforter
(encz) | comforter,peřina n: Pino |
comforter
(encz) | comforter,prošívaná pokrývka n: Zdeněk Brož |
comforter
(encz) | comforter,utěšitel n: Zdeněk Brož |
Comforter
(gcide) | Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n.
1. One who administers comfort or consolation.
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Let no comforter delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
--Shak.
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2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of
comforting believers.
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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.
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3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]
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The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and
unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball
fight. --Pop. Sci.
Monthly.
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4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]
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Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]
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comforter
(wn) | comforter
n 1: commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn:
sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter]
2: a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms
and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears"
[syn: reliever, allayer, comforter]
3: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
4: device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn:
comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring] |
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Comforter
(gcide) | Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n.
1. One who administers comfort or consolation.
[1913 Webster]
Let no comforter delight mine ear
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of
comforting believers.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and
unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball
fight. --Pop. Sci.
Monthly.
[1913 Webster]
4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]
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