Comforter
Com"fort*er
(?), n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation.[1913 Webster]
Let no comforter delight mine earShak.
But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
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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.
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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.
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Job's comforter, a boil.
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