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helpmeet

help·meet [ hélp mt ] (plural help·meets)


noun 
Definition:
 
helpmate: a helpmate, especially a wife ( archaic ) ( sometimes considered offensive )

[Late 17th century. < "an help meet for him" (Genesis 2:18, 20), with misinterpretation of meet2 "suitable"]
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