helpmate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a helpful partner
    helpmeet.

WordNet

Help"mate` noun
Etymology
A corruption of the "help meet for him" of Genesis ii. 18.Fitzedward Hall.
Definitions
  1. A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife.
    In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant.
    A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.

Webster 1913