Definition of "helpmeets" [helpmeets]

• Plural form of helpmeet. (noun)

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• "Women were not seen as "helpmeets," but as essential members of family work units."
• "But an ingrained religious worldview makes it hard for them to be anything but handmaids and helpmeets."
• "What I can do, though, what WE can do, is simply keep on keeping on with Faith that God has the whole thing under control and sees things we cannot and will not ever see, doing our part as wives and helpmeets - helpers that meet our husbands in the way, helping carry the load, doing our bit on the journey that is marriage."