HELPMEET

helpmate, helpmeet

(noun) a helpful partner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

helpmeet (plural helpmeets)

A helpful partner, particularly a spouse.

Synonyms

• (helpful partner): helpmate

Source: Wiktionary


Help"meet`, n. Etym: [See Helpmate.]

Definition: A wife; a helpmate. The Lord God created Adam, . . . and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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