helpmeet
pronunciation
How to pronounce helpmeet in British English:
UK ['helpmi:t]
How to pronounce helpmeet in American English:
US ['helpmit]
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- Noun:
- a helpful partner
Word Origin
- helpmeet (n.)
- as two words in the 1611 Bible, a noun-adjective phrase; hyphenated and mistaken as a modified noun by 1670s; see helpmate.
Example
- 1. A man who finds a good helpmeet is lucky indeed .
- 2. His story of an itinerant strong man and the simpleminded girl who is his foil and helpmeet is a modern picaresque parable .