comforter

noun

1. 1

   device used for an infant to suck or bite on

2. 2

   bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

3. 3

   a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies

   a reliever of anxiety

   an allayer of fears

4. 4

   commiserates with someone who has had misfortune