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Definition of Helpmate
1. Noun. A helpful partner.
Definition of Helpmate
1. n. A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
Definition of Helpmate
1. Noun. A person who supplies help or companionship. ¹
2. Noun. A wife or spouse. ¹
3. Noun. (chess) A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Helpmate
1. a helpful companion [n -S]
Medical Definition of Helpmate
1. A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. "In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land." (Pennant) "A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson." (Macaulay) Origin: A corruption of the "help meet for him" of. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helpmate
Literary usage of Helpmate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Past, the Present, and the Future by Henry Charles Carey (1872)
"He roams abroad, and shoots the deer: but leaves to his unhappy helpmate the task
of carrying it home on her shoulders, and that of preparing it for his ..."
2. The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the edited by Inchbald (1824)
"... could not excite much pity, if his helpmate was often induced to act the part
which she had heretofore, with so much spirit, assumed. ..."
3. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding (1902)
"in the materials that formed the wife, and to render her a perfe<5t helpmate for
so tranquil a husband. She abounded in whatsoever he was defective; ..."
4. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"His helpmate was a comely matron, old— Though younger than himself full twenty
yeare She was a woman of a stirring life, ы Whose heart was in her house: two ..."
5. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1905)
"... on one page of the book she saw He did not recognise his destined helpmate
bathing-place to which he had gone for the benefit of his health, ..."
6. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"... in engagements—Good results of this principle—A lesson to others— Looking out
for a helpmate—Youthful follies corrected—Turns to his friends, ..."
7. War in South Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilization by William Harding (1899)
"CHAPTER X. PRESIDENT "OOM" PAUL KRUGER AND HIS helpmate. Before delving any deeper
into the troubles of the Boers we must glance at the leading characters ..."
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