helpmate

  • 131helpmeet — /help meet /, n. helpmate. [from the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)] * * * …

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  • 132Ishtar — /ish tahr/, n. the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna. Also called Mylitta. * * * In Mesopotamian religion, the goddess of war and sexual love.… …

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