- helpmate, -meet
- {'helpmeit, -mi:t} n другар; съпруг.
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helpmate, -meet
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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. [1913 Webster] In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
helpmate — companion, 1715, altered from HELPMEET (Cf. helpmeet), a ghost word, from the Biblical translation of L. adjutorium simile sibi [Gen. ii.18] as an help meet (i.e. fit) for him (Heb. ezer keneghdo), which already by 1673 was being printed as help… … Etymology dictionary
helpmate — (also helpmeet) ► NOUN ▪ a helpful companion or partner. ORIGIN from an erroneous reading of a passage in the Book of Genesis (chapter 2), where Adam s future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him’ (i.e. a suitable helper for him) … English terms dictionary
helpmate, helpmeet — These words, of which the first is more often used, mean a helpful companion and usually refer to a spouse, especially a wife. In the second chapter of the Book of Genesis, God creates Eve as a help meet , for Adam, with help meaning someone to… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
helpmate — help|mate [ˈhelpmeıt] n also help|meet [ mi:t] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: helpmate from helpmeet (17 20 centuries), from help + meet suitable ; influenced by mate] literary a helpful partner, usually a wife … Dictionary of contemporary English
helpmate — (also helpmeet) noun a helpful companion or partner. Origin C17 (as helpmeet): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2:18, 20, where Adam s future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him’ (i.e. a suitable helper for him) … English new terms dictionary
helpmate — also help.meet noun (C) biblical a helpful partner, usually a wife … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
help|meet — «HEHLP MEET», noun. = helpmate. (Cf. ↑helpmate) ╂[< “an help meet for him,” Genesis 2:18, 20 (King James Version); meet = suitable] … Useful english dictionary
help·meet — /ˈhɛlpˌmiːt/ noun, pl meets [count] old fashioned + literary : ↑helpmate … Useful english dictionary
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helpmeet — noun 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… … Wiktionary
