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helpmeets

helpmeets is the plural of helpmeet.

Meaning of helpmeet

Noun

helpmeet (plural helpmeets)

  1. A helpful partner, particularly a spouse.
    • [on vocabulary errors] … and helpmates for meet-helps—the difference of the meaning of the two words is so obvious, that it is surprising it should have escaped attention.—A person may be a helpmate and at the same time be very far from being a help-meet, which is here intended.1839, The Friend's Intelligencer, volume 1, number 24, Eighth month 1st, 1839, article Friend's Discipline, pages 456–457

Questions about helpmeets

What is helpmeets the plural of?
Helpmeets is the plural of helpmeet.

Words near helpmeets in the dictionary

  1. helpliness
  2. helply
  3. helpmate
  4. helpmates
  5. helpmeet
  6. helpmeets
  7. Helprin
  8. Helpringham
  9. helps
  10. helps a lame dog over a stile
  11. helps along

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