helpmate

[ help-meyt ]

noun

1. a companion and helper.
2. a spouse.
3. anything that aids or assists, especially regularly:

   This calculator is my constant helpmate.

helpmate

/ ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a companion and helper, esp a wife

Word History and Origins

Origin of helpmate¹

1705–15; help + mate ¹, by association with helpmeet

Example Sentences

In the enigmatic role of first lady, she struggled with the symbolism—part beauty queen, part saint, part helpmate.

From The Daily Beast

I have promised on your behalf that you will be a good and faithful helpmate to him before God and man.

From Project Gutenberg

She is not strong, and not good-looking, and not young; but what a splendid helpmate she would be for a sensible, cultivated man!

From Project Gutenberg

But her life was busy and earnest: she was helpmate, not in name only, to an ever-busy man.

From Project Gutenberg

Abby'll make a man a good, vigorous helpmate, and she'll bring him money in time.

From Project Gutenberg

Compare a bachelor's house with the same house after its master has taken to himself a helpmate.

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