helpmate
pronunciation
How to pronounce helpmate in British English:
UK [ˈhelpmeɪt]
How to pronounce helpmate in American English:
US [ˈhɛlpˌmet]
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- Noun:
- a helpful partner
Word Origin
- helpmate (n.)
- "companion," 1715, altered from helpmeet, a ghost word, from the Biblical translation of Latin adjutorium simile sibi [Gen. ii:18] as "an help meet (i.e. fit) for him" (Hebrew 'ezer keneghdo), which already by 1673 was being printed as help-meet and mistaken for one word.
Example
- 1. " And I will make a helpmate for him . "
- 2. She is my future stay and helpmate .
- 3. It turns out , though , that he was a conscientious helpmate .
- 4. Spouse and helpmate of adam kadmon : heva , naked eve .
- 5. If god considered woman a helpmate for man , he must have had a very poor opinion of man .