comforter

See also Comforter

English

Etymology

From comfort + -er

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkʌmfətə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkʌmfərtər/

Noun

comforter (plural comforters)

1. A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
2. A padded cover or quilt for a bed.
3. A woollen scarf for winter.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Fate of the Artemis^[1]:

     “ […] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […] ”

Synonyms

• (person who comforts): consoler
• (padded bed cover): quilt

Translations

person who comforts

• Bulgarian: утешител (bg) (utešitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保惠師 (cmn), 保惠师 (cmn) (bǎohuìshī)

• Finnish: lohduttaja (fi)
• Italian: consolatore (it) m, consolatrice (it) f
• Russian: утешитель (ru) (utešitelʹ) m

padded cover

• Bulgarian: юрган (bg) (jurgan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棉被 (cmn), 棉被 (cmn) (miánbèi)

• Finnish: peite (fi)
• Greek: πάπλωμα (el) (páploma) n

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لێفه‌

• Russian: стеганое ватное одеяло (ru) (odejalo) n
• Turkish: yorgan (tr)
• Vietnamese: nước xả quần áo (vi)

Anagrams

• recomfort