helpmate
noun
someone who helps and supports another person, especially a husband or wife
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someone that you are living with in a sexual relationship and intend to continue living with for a long time
another spelling of missus
noun
someone who you are having a sexual relationship with, especially someone you are not married to
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the person who you are married to or are having a romantic relationship with. This word is polite because it includes people who are not married, do not live together, or are gay. A more usual word is partner.
someone’s father or husband. This word offends some people
someone’s husband, wife, or partner
someone’s husband or male partner
someone’s wife, husband, or partner
an insulting way of referring to someone’s wife
your boyfriend, husband, girlfriend, or wife
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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