SAMARITAN


Meaning of SAMARITAN in English

■ 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'.

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