comforter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: comforter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comforter n commiserates with someone who has had misfortune [syn: sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter] a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" Synonym(s): reliever, allayer, comforter bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together Synonym(s): quilt, comforter, comfort, puff device used for an infant to suck or bite on Synonym(s): comforter, pacifier, baby's dummy, teething ring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comforter \Com"forter\, n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter* delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. --Shak. 2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. 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. 3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] {Job's comforter}, a boil. [Colloq.]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Comforter the designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., "or Advocate, or Helper; Gr. paracletos"). The same Greek word thus rendered is translated "Advocate" in 1 John 2:1 as applicable to Christ. It means properly "one who is summoned to the side of another" to help him in a court of justice by defending him, "one who is summoned to plead a cause." "Advocate" is the proper rendering of the word in every case where it occurs. It is worthy of notice that although Paul nowhere uses the word paracletos, he yet presents the idea it embodies when he speaks of the "intercession" both of Christ and the Spirit (Rom. 8:27, 34).