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How to pronounce helpmate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms helpmeet
Type of better half, married person, mate, partner, spouse

Examples of helpmate

helpmate
Wouldn't it be easier to stop the juggling act and be a housewife and a helpmate?
From the latimes.com
I am a strong woman in you I also know I am a strong helpmate and I love him.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
She played Samantha Stephens, a perky suburban helpmate who happened to be a witch.
From the time.com
He married again, divorced and married a lasting helpmate for old age, Vava Brodsky.
From the economist.com
He's better off financially, there is more stability, and he has a helpmate.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
He finds an unlikely helpmate in the tough, smart, thoroughly liberated Janet Striker.
From the boston.com
Lucien is even content to trot off to the lavatory with his new helpmate.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Evening is ideal for light entertainments and for discussions about budgets with helpmate.
From the kansas.com
Ivy had been his staunchest supporter and loyal helpmate, being a de facto single parent.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • A helpful partner
  • A helpmate is a kind of chess problem in which both sides cooperate in order to achieve the goal of checkmating Black. In a helpmate in n moves, Black moves first, then White, each side moving n times, to culminate in White's nth move checkmating Black. ...
  • Helpmates is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer on January 23, 1932.
  • A type of problem where white and black cooperate to put black in mate within a specified number of moves. Unless otherwise specified, black moves first in helpmates. See also duplex.
  • A wife, or bitter half.