allayer

Noun
Synonyms: relievercomforter

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies“a reliever of anxiety”“an allayer of fears”Synonyms: relievercomforterType of actor, doer

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Al·lay′er (…), noun

One who, or that which, allays.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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