Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A helpmate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A partner; a helpmate; a consort; specifically, a wife.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wife; a helpmate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A helpful partner, particularly a
spouse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a helpful partner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No, no! Mrs. G., as he commonly called his helpmeet, might do that sort of thing, but she must n't bother him about it.
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So far as I can see, the average husband, actual or to be, still entertains the conviction that the word helpmeet, being interpreted, means second fiddle; and acts in accordance with that honest conviction.
Marriage as a Trade 1909
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A dutiful servile helpmeet, that is what the script they have to work from always said to me.
RichardDawkins.net : The Latest Updates misterdeity - YouTube 2009
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Daughters should practice being a "helpmeet" to their fathers, training to someday "serve" those godly husbands God will send their way.
Frank Schaeffer: We Need Freedom From Religion Not Just Freedom of Religion Frank Schaeffer 2011
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Daughters should practice being a "helpmeet" to their fathers, training to someday "serve" those godly husbands God will send their way.
Frank Schaeffer: We Need Freedom From Religion Not Just Freedom of Religion Frank Schaeffer 2011
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I had never seen the word "helpmeet" before, which shows up as an error in blogger.com.
Maureen Dowd hearts Michelle. David Brooks not so much. 2009
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I had never seen the word "helpmeet" before, which shows up as an error in blogger.com.
Maureen Dowd hearts Michelle. David Brooks not so much. 2009
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I understand the Scriptural word "helpmeet," as applied to wife, in the New England sense of "help."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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Women are taught, almost from the moment they come into the world, that their chief end in existence is to be, in some way or other, a "helpmeet" for man.
Sex and Common-Sense 1916
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I am confident that you will be 'helpmeet' for the man, and since he will ask no more, his parish has no right to do it.
Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910
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