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)
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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
“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
Through it all he drew on New York, his inspiration and his helpmeet.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
Some of those women flourished, but not a few seemed diminished by their role as helpmeet and handmaiden, and if they got divorced, they divorced the identity they’d helped build and maintain.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2017
Is not that what helpmeet means?' she went on, a soft gravity stealing over her words,—'that I should try to help you in everything, even against yourself?
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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