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Good samaritan

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

Etymology 2

From Luke 10:30-37, in which in a Jesus' parable, a Samaritan helped a half-dead Jew ignored by others.

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