Hypertext Webster Gateway: "helpmate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
helpmate
n : a helpful partner [syn: {helpmeet}]
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