English-Thai Dictionary
comforter
N ผู้ ที่ ช่วย ปลอบโยน consoler sympathizer phu-ti-chuai-plob-yon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMFORTER
n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation; one who strengthens and supports the mind in distress or danger.
I looked for comforters, but found none. Psalm 69:2 .
Miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:2.
2. The title of the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name--he shall teach you all things. John 14:26.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMFORTER
COMFORTER Com "fort *er, 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. )
Defn: The Holy Spirit, -- reffering 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. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
comforter
com fort er |ˈkəmfərtər ˈkəmfərdər | ▶noun 1 a warm quilt. 2 a person or thing that provides consolation. • (Comforter ) the Holy Spirit. 3 dated a woolen scarf. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French comforteor, from conforter ‘to comfort ’ (see comfort ).
Oxford Dictionary
comforter
com |fort ¦er |ˈkʌmfətə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that provides consolation. • Brit. a baby's dummy. 2 dated a woollen scarf. 3 N. Amer. a warm quilt. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French comforteor, from conforter ‘to comfort ’ (see comfort ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
comforter
c ó m fort er 名詞 C 1 ｟米 ｠(羽根などの )掛け布団 (｟英 ｠duvet, quilt ).2 慰めてくれる人 [物 ].3 ｟古 ｠(長いウールの )マフラー .4 ｟英 ｠おしゃぶり (｟米 ｠pacifier ).
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