Definition of "comforters" [comforters]

• Plural form of comforter. (noun)

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• "New York clinical psychologist and well-known TV and radio personality Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. just returned from Haiti where she trained "comforters" -- many of them Haitian Boy Scouts -- about how to assist those traumatized by the recent earthquake there."
• "That those who should have been her comforters were their own tormentors (v. 20): They have fainted, as quite dispirited and driven to despair; they have no patience in which to keep possession of their own souls and the enjoyment of themselves, nor any confidence in God's promise, by which to keep possession of the comfort of that."
• "  One additional word of caution: Do not use soft bedding such as comforters, pillows, or bumper pads as shown in the picture of the Pottery Barn Kids crib above."