helpmate
Americannoun
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a companion and helper.
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a spouse.
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anything that aids or assists, especially regularly.
This calculator is my constant helpmate.
noun
Etymology
Origin of helpmate
Example Sentences
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His wife is Mary Tyler Moore, who at a very misleading first glance is simply a more mature version of the effervescent helpmate on the Dick Van Dyke show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
There he was, helping her with the occasional button, doing the cooking, driving her everywhere — a helpmate in life for an extraordinary woman who had been blind since shortly after birth.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2021
Her memorialization as wife and helpmate, and the corresponding backgrounding of her lifelong political commitments, misses the wider critique of social injustice that underlay her life’s work.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2018
His model, people close to him say, is the laid-back helpmate vice presidency of George H.W.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2017
He started as a junior equity analyst, a helpmate, not expected to offer his own opinions.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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