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Helpmate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who supplies help or companionship.
  2. 2
    a helpful partner wordnet
  3. 3
    A wife or spouse.

    "The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates."

  4. 4
    A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.

Etymology

A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.

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