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HELPMEET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helpmeet mean? 

HELPMEET (noun)
  The noun HELPMEET has 1 sense:

1. a helpful partnerplay

  Familiarity information: HELPMEET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HELPMEET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A helpful partner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

helpmate; helpmeet

Hypernyms ("helpmeet" is a kind of...):

better half; married person; mate; partner; spouse (a person's partner in marriage)


 Context examples 


"Jane, come with me to India: come as my helpmeet and fellow-labourer."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I want a wife: the sole helpmeet I can influence efficiently in life, and retain absolutely till death.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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