Good Samaritan

Good Samaritan proper noun: the subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.

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Proper noun

the Good Samaritan

The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.

Good Samaritan (plural Good Samaritans)

(figuratively, idiomatic) A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
- 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, […]1941 February 17, Henry Luce, “The American Century”, in LIFE, page 65
- A man had received some sort of nervous shock that had upset his mental balance for the time being, and the good Samaritan who had come to his aid had a voice which the caller thought he recognised […]1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

plural	Good Samaritans

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

What does Good Samaritan mean?: Good Samaritan means the subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
What is Good Samaritan in Hindi?: Good Samaritan in Hindi is दयालु सामरी (dayālu sāmrī). See Good Samaritan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Good Samaritan?: Good Samaritan can be a proper noun or a noun.

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