comforters
comforters is the plural of comforter.
Meaning of comforter
Noun
comforter (plural comforters)
- A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
- Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- consoler
- A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.
- A vast quilt or comforter was heaped beside the bed, in a broad puddle of congealed blood, thick and shiny on the patterned rugs.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 185
- Synonyms:
- duvet, (continental) quilt
- A woollen scarf for winter.
- […] round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter, whereof the straggling ends peeped out beneath his threadbare Newmarket coat, which was very tight and buttoned all the way up.1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, “chapter 29”, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC
- A pacifier.
Phrases with comforters
Questions about comforters
- What is comforters the plural of?
- Comforters is the plural of comforter.
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