From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishSamaritanSa‧mar‧i‧tan /səˈmærətən/ noun [countable] → good Samaritan
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Samaritan• Had she been prompted by curiosity or the instincts of the good Samaritan, Theodora wondered.Origin Samaritan (1600-1700) From the Bible story of a person from Samaria (an area of ancient Palestine) who stopped and helped a man who had been attacked and robbed 