comforter

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmfətə/

noun

  • 1a person or thing that provides consolation: he is friend, comforter, and guardian a cup of tea was our universal cure-all and comforter
  • British a baby’s dummy.
  • 2 dated a woollen scarf.
  • 3North American a warm quilt.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French comforteor, from conforter 'to comfort' (see comfort)