English-Thai Dictionary

helpmate

N เพื่อน ผู้ ช่วยเหลือ (โดยเฉพาะ คู่ชีวิต  helpmeet mate spouse puean-chu

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HELPMATE

Help "mate `, n. Etym: [A corruption of the "help meet for him " of Genesis ii. 18.Fitzedward Hall. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

helpmate

help mate |ˈhelpˌmāt ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt |(also helpmeet |-ˌmēt |) ▶noun a helpful companion or partner, esp. one's husband or wife. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (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 ). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

helpmate

helpmate |ˈhɛlpmeɪt |(also helpmeet ) ▶noun a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (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 ). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

helpmate, helpmeet

helpmate, helpmeet noun he thanked his wife of twenty years for being his helpmate and best friend: helper, assistant, attendant; supporter, friend, companion; spouse, partner, life partner, mate, husband, wife.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

helpmate

helpmate noun 1 a crowing rooster was the helpmate of the goddess of the sun: companion, partner, associate, assistant, helper, helpmeet, attendant, escort; supporter, friend. 2 she couldn't survive on her own and happily submitted to the role of helpmate once again: spouse, partner, consort, mate, husband, wife; informal other half, better half.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

helpmate

h é lp m à te -m è et 名詞 C ｟やや古 ｠〘聖書 〙連れ合い (!通例は妻 ) ; 援助 [協力 ]者, 仲間 .