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Samaritan

[ suh-mar-i-tn ]

noun

  1. an inhabitant of Samaria.
  2. any of the dialects of Aramaic spoken by the Samaritans in ancient Israel and until recently still spoken in Nablus.


adjective

  1. pertaining to Samaria or to Samaritans.

Samaritan

/ əˈæɪə /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Samaria
  2. short for Good Samaritan
  3. a member of a voluntary organization ( the Samaritans ) which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  4. the dialect of Aramaic spoken in Samaria
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Samaria
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲԾ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ···ٲ· noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Samaritan1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English, from Late Latin plural adjective and noun īī “Samaritan, Samaritans” (from Greek ī́(ŧ) “a Samaritan,” derivative of á𾱲 ٲ”)
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Idioms and Phrases

see good Samaritan .
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Example Sentences

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Pope Francis himself urged a more compassionate response to migration, drawing on Gospel teachings and the parable of the Good Samaritan.

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As the notorious weekend approaches, officials remind partygoers of California’s Good Samaritan law, which exempts anyone who seeks help for someone overdosing from punishment for drug possession or being under the influence.

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But the Samaritans charity says it does not believe the new law goes far enough.

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He’s a Samaritan scofflaw, soldiering on inside an almost entirely vacated neighborhood next door to the Getty Villa.

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According to the affidavit, Pearce and Osborn said they drove the unconscious women to hospitals about 12 hours later, claiming to be good Samaritans who found them passed out on a curb.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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