n. & adj.
n. 1 (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke 10:33 etc.). 2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face. 3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan . 4 the language of this people. 5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch.
adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans. Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters. Samaritanism n.
[ LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria ]