■ noun
1》 (usu. good ~ ) a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33).
2》 a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community claiming descent from them.
3》 the dialect of Aramaic formerly spoken in Samaria.
4》 ( the ~s ) (in the UK) an organization which counsels those in distress, mainly through a telephone service.
■ adjective relating to Samaria or the ~s.
Derivatives
~ism noun
Origin
from late L. ~us , from Gk Samareitēs , from Samareia 'Samaria'.