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.
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.
Schneier said Mrs. Gorbachev blushed when he turned from the audience, faced her and said, alluding to the biblical story of creation: "You have been a trusted and devoted helpmate to your husband. Your presence here is more than symbolic.