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English
Etymology 1
From sooth + -er.
Adjective
soother
- (archaic) comparative form of sooth: more sooth, truer.
Etymology 2
From soothe + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
soother (plural soothers)
- One who, or that which, soothes.
- (Canada, Ireland) A pacifier; a plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier
2024 April 9, Hong Kong Government Press Release, Hong Kong Customs alerts public on two unsafe soother holders:Customs earlier received a referral from a related organisation that suspected unsafe soother holders were being supplied on the market.
Verb
soother (third-person singular simple present soothers, present participle soothering, simple past and past participle soothered)
- To soothe.
1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC:And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.
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