helpmate
Use Helpmate in a sentence
noun
1.
a companion and helper.
2.
a spouse.
3.
anything that aids or assists, especially regularly: This calculator is my constant helpmate.
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| —n | |
| a companion and helper, esp a wife | |
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Helpmate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
helpmate
"companion," 1715, a ghost word, altered from helpmeet, from the Biblical translation of L. adjutorium simile sibi [Gen. ii.18] as "an help meet (i.e. fit) for him" (Heb. 'ezer keneghdo), which was already by 1673 being printed as help-meet and mistaken for one word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
They need to show employees that the robot sitting alongside them can be more of a helpmate than a threat.
Abby held a prominent social position in the community and as a helpmate to her husband.
My friend and helpmate obviously never had a hankering for a full-length coyote coat.
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