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Definition

A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.

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Origins

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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In Context

  • "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, […]"
  • "Respirited for the moment, he hopped down from the wagon and attempted to pay the good Samaritan for the ride."
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