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HELPMEET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does helpmeet mean?
• HELPMEET (noun)
The noun HELPMEET has 1 sense:
1. a helpful partner
Familiarity information: HELPMEET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A helpful partner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
helpmate; helpmeet
Hypernyms ("helpmeet" is a kind of...):
better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse (a person's partner in marriage)
Context examples
"Jane, come with me to India: come as my helpmeet and fellow-labourer."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I want a wife: the sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely till death.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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