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helpmeet

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help·meet  (hlpmt)
n.
A helpmate.

[From misunderstanding of the phrase an help meet for him, a helper suitable for him (Adam), in Genesis 2:18, referring to Eve.]
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Noun1.helpmeet - a helpful partner
better half, married person, partner, spouse, mate - a person's partner in marriage

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This gift will be a pledge of your purity of heart to her whom you select to be your worthy helpmeet in Masonry.
"Thou who didst from the beginning create male and female," the priest read after the exchange of rings, "from Thee woman was given to man to be a helpmeet to him, and for the procreation of children.
The prayer-meeting at Uncle Tom's had, in the order of hymn-singing, been protracted to a very late hour; and, as Uncle Tom had indulged himself in a few lengthy solos afterwards, the consequence was, that, although it was now between twelve and one o'clock, he and his worthy helpmeet were not yet asleep.
 
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