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helpmeet

[ help-meet ]

noun



helpmeet

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noun

  1. a less common word for helpmate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of helpmeet1

From the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of helpmeet1

C17: from the phrase an helpe meet (suitable) for him Genesis 2:18
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Hegseth belongs to a radically right-wing church that teaches women were created to be men's submissive helpmeets, and certainly not to have jobs, especially military jobs, outside of the home.

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Their misogynist ideology cannot allow that it's attractive when a woman has a personality and isn't just a docile helpmeet.

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These apps are styled like cutesy helpmeets, and their names — Yohana, Ohai, Milo — would be at home on a Brooklyn day care roster.

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If they're female, they're told that their duty is to give up on their ambitions and even self-esteem, in order to be a "helpmeet" for a man.

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She may have run around in tight shirts and booty shorts, but the implication was always that she was tied down young and molded into her husband's witless helpmeet.

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