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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood
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as in wife
a female partner in a marriage
he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing
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Blanchett is Alice, a kind but clumsy helpmeet who goes to work for Edwina after her bricklayer husband is killed by a falling pile of bricks.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
At 69, Jean Smart has almost five decades of ancillary and co-lead roles to her name—the rapacious Lana in Frasier, the ditsy helpmeet Charlene in Designing Women—but the new HBO Max series Hacks marks the rare time the actor has anchored a show.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
How many of us would just as soon consign the late first lady – helpmeet and soulmate of the 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan – to the mists of the un-woke 1980s?
—Matt Damsker, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021
Their connection is instant; Klara vows her companionship, to be a tireless helpmeet and a barrier against loneliness.
—Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
At 69, Jean Smart has almost five decades of ancillary and co-lead roles to her name—the rapacious Lana in Frasier, the ditsy helpmeet Charlene in Designing Women—but the new HBO Max series Hacks marks the rare time the actor has anchored a show.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
How many of us would just as soon consign the late first lady – helpmeet and soulmate of the 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan – to the mists of the un-woke 1980s?
—Matt Damsker, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021
Their connection is instant; Klara vows her companionship, to be a tireless helpmeet and a barrier against loneliness.
—Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
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“Helpmeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpmeet. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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