comforter

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
noun a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
noun bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

From Middle English comfortour et al, from Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort.

You not a good comforter? — Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Bob was such a bully comforter. — Walter and the Wireless, Sara Ware Bassett
Keeping it down--Mutual explanations--The true comforter--Death--New-Year's day. — The World of Ice, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

sympathizer, sympathiser

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