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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-sohl
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsoʊl



Définition of consoler

Origin :
  • 1690s, from French consoler "to comfort, console," from Latin consolari "offer solace, encourage, comfort, cheer," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + solari "to comfort" (see solace). Or perhaps a back-formation from consolation. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by frefran. Related: Consoled; consoling.
  • As in comforter : noun a person or thing that comforts
  • As in sympathizer : noun comforter
  • As in paraclete : noun advocate
Example sentences :
  • Edward put off his histrionics, and rushed up to her as the consoler—a new part for him.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
  • So they both remained in the gloom side by side—he the consoler and she the healed.
  • Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • The consoler of sleepless nights, of weary days; the companion of troubled years!
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • You are the greatest adviser and consoler in all heart troubles.
  • Extract from : « The Twelfth Hour » by Ada Leverson
  • She was now the protectress and the consoler of a man she admired and revered.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 » by Various
  • Thus construing Nature, Nature is our companion, our consoler.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Side by side with this picture of Woman the Consoler, let me place the companion sketch.
  • Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But not only was Mrs. Hood a consoler, she was also a helper of her husband in his special work.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • Time has been described as a beautifier and as a consoler; but it is also a teacher.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • If you truly are the consoler of afflicted souls, prove it, for I am full of affliction.
  • Extract from : « Very Woman » by Remy de Gourmont

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