samaritan

IPA: sʌmˈɛrɪtʌn

a Good Samaritan
A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.
A charitable person, one who helps others (from the Bible story in Luke 10:30–37).
(UK) A person who works for the Samaritans telephone helpline, taking calls from suicidal members of the public.
The ancient language of Samaria: a dialect of Hebrew.

Examples of "samaritan" in Sentences

A scared animal is always stronger than a good samaritan.
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Would you suddenly excuse such apparent callousness if you found out that the not-so-good samaritan is a reporter?
Obama is a good samaritan, and were I living in America I would want him to meet me down the road when trouble came over me.
Similarly, Muttley is too much of a badass to be a good samaritan and Yogi Bear would spend his time humorously scavenging for food.
It was definitely one of the biggest disappointments this year ... orange cinema looks creepy & great. i heard gael garcia bernal is badass. oh & i think the blind guy is gonna get fucked over by the 'samaritan'. markig
After being thrown from a car in the city of March, England, Jolie, a young black cat, was fed and nursed back to health by a good samaritan, who then called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA, Ely Weekly News reported.
We went to the drive in and I sat thru the whole thing until the last scene where they were coming up out of the water and then a lady in the car in front of us had a seizure and I had to go be a good samaritan and help her husband out until the paramedics arrived … …