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Samaritan definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAMAR'ITAN, a.
1. Pertaining to Samaria, the principal city of the ten tribes of Israel, belonging to the tribe of Ephraim, and after the captivity of those tribes, repeopled by Cuthites from Assyria or Chaldea.
2. Denoting the ancient characters and alphabet used by the Hebrews.
SAMAR'ITAN, n.
1. An inhabitant of Samaria, or one that belonged to the sect which derived their appellation from that city. The Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.
2. The language of Samaria, a dialect of the Chaldean.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from Greek samarit?s inhabitant of Samaria, from Samaria Date: before 12th century 1. a native or inhabitant of Samaria 2. [from the parable of the good Samaritan in Luke
10:30-37] a person who is generous in helping those in distress • samaritan adjective, often capitalized

Merriam Webster's

adjective see Samaritan

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke
10:33 etc.). 2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face. 3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan . 4 the language of this people. 5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch. --adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans. Phrases and idioms: Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters. Derivatives: Samaritanism n. Etymology: LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Samaritan Sa*mar"i*tan, a. [L. Samaritanus.] Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Samaritans) You refer to someone as a Samaritan if they help you when you are in difficulty. A good Samaritan offered us a room in his house. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

aid, aider, assister, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, good Samaritan, good person, help, helper, helping hand, jack-at-a-pinch, ministering angel, ministrant, patron, succorer