Good samaritan
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature. figuratively, idiomatic
"America as the dynamic center of ever-widening spheres of enterprise, America as the training center of the skillfull servants of mankind, America as the Good Samaritan, really believing again that it is more blessed to give than to receive, […]"
- 2 a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
Example
More examples"America as the dynamic center of ever-widening spheres of enterprise, America as the training center of the skillfull servants of mankind, America as the Good Samaritan, really believing again that it is more blessed to give than to receive, […]"
Etymology
From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.