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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Helpmate \Help"mate`\, n. [A corruption of the ``help meet for him'' of --Genesis ii 18.--Fitzedward Hall.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: helpmate n : a helpful partner [syn: {helpmeet}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: HELPMATE, n. A wife, or bitter half. "Now, why is yer wife called a helpmate, Pat?" Says the priest. "Since the time 'o yer wooin' She's niver [sic] assisted in what ye were at -- For it's naught ye are ever doin'." "That's true of yer Riverence [sic]," Patrick replies, And no sign of contrition envices; "But, bedad, it's a fact which the word implies, For she helps to mate the expinses [sic]!" Marley Wottel
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