Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A compassionate person who unselfishly helps others, especially strangers.
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- noun biblical The subject of a particular
New Testament parable . - noun A person who gives
help orsympathy to someone indistress .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The designation Good Samaritan has become so associated with the idea of mercifulness, that I doubt not there are many persons who have the impression that Samaritans in the ancient Hebrew days were people specially noted for their benevolent disposition.
The Essentials of Spirituality Felix Adler 1892
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For information, to order meals or to donate, call Good Samaritan at (317) 842-2603.
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For information, to order meals or to donate, call Good Samaritan at (317) 842-2603.
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For information, call Good Samaritan at (317) 842-2603.
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The Museum of the Good Samaritan, which is located on the Jerusalem-Jericho Road near Ma'aleh Adumim, was officially opened Thursday evening after a nine-year archeological excavation at the site.
BiblePlaces Blog 2009
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For information, to order meals or to donate, call Good Samaritan at (317) 842-2603.
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Everybody knows who the Poet is, but if they want to know him as a kind of Good Samaritan in a different way than they know him in his verses, they should read this charming idyll. "
Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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Son "and the" Good Samaritan, "whose works have lasted eighteen hundred years, and will remain when the present writer and his generation are forgotten.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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NEW YORK mdash; A homeless Good Samaritan who was ignored while lying, mortally wounded, on a New York City sidewalk will be honored at a ...
Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, Good Samaritan Ignored While Bleeding To Death, To Be Honored At NYC Wake (VIDEO) Huffington Post/AP 2010
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NEW YORK — A homeless Good Samaritan who was ignored while lying, mortally wounded, on a New York City sidewalk will be honored at a wake.
Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, Good Samaritan Ignored While Bleeding To Death, To Be Honored At NYC Wake (VIDEO) Huffington Post/AP 2010
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