helpmeet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of helpmeet
From the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)
Example Sentences
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When Harold burned out on being the helpmeet to the rising star, Minnie took his place.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
Ms. Gustern might have thought of herself as a helpmeet or second banana, but her students didn’t see her that way.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022
But the show, despite being aware of Verdon’s talent, primarily makes her a kind of long-suffering helpmeet, no longer in her prime, even though Fosse is in his.
From Slate • Dec. 13, 2019
“The Wife” is about Joan Castleman, the long-suffering helpmeet to Joe Castleman, a famous author who builds his legacy by leeching off Joan’s literary ambitions.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2019
Mr. Swayne had, in all probability, put in his finishing touches with such vigour, that possibly a remembrance of them accounted for a certain absence of solicitude on the part of his helpmeet.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
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