Definition of Helpmeets

1. Noun. (plural of helpmeet) ¹

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Definition of Helpmeets

1. helpmeet [n] - See also: helpmeet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpmeets

helping profession
helping verb
helping verbs
helpingly
helpings
helpless
helplessly
helplessness
helplessnesses
helpline
helplines
helply
helpmate
helpmates
helpmeet
helpmeets (current term)
helps
helps out
helpsheet
helpsheets
helpsome
helpt
helpworthy
helsinki declaration
helter
helter-skelter
helter-skelters
helters
helve
helved

Literary usage of Helpmeets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings, Including Declaration of Christian Doctrine: Of the General by Friends General Conference (U.S., Friends General Conference (U.S.) (1887)
"... term of life,1 designed for the mutual assistance and comfort of both sexes, that they may be helpmeets to each other in things temporal and spiritual. ..."

2. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"Still to be a woman did not necessarily mean to be helpmeet, and it would assist them to ask and answer the question—who were the helpmeets? ..."

3. At Home in Fiji by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming (1883)
"response was most cordial; and nine brave determined men (seven of whom were married, and their wives true helpmeets in this great work) announced their ..."

4. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1851)
"Upon which i opened in our hearts plainly, that the women being added to us as helpmeets, would answer the service which was so needful ..."

5. Still Happy Though Married by Edward John Hardy (1914)
"These helpmeets, by managing for them the practical business and social conventionalities of life, enabled them to pursue their work in peace and comfort. ..."

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