Good Samaritan

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The subject of a particular New Testament parable, who helps a wounded man ignored by others.
A person who helps someone in distress out of their own good nature.
figuratively, idiomatic

Equivalents

Españolbuen samaritano

FrançaisBon Samaritain

Deutschbarmherziger Samariter Samariter

10 more languages

CymraegSamariad Trugarog

Suomilaupias samarialainen

Հայերենբարի սամարացի

日本語善きサマリア人憐れみ深い人

한국어착한 사마리아인

Nederlandsbarmhartige Samaritaan

Polskisamarytanin

Portuguêsbom samaritano

Русскийдо́брый самаритя́нин

Svenskabarmhärtig samarier barmhärtig samarit

Examples

“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 ⟳.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Good Samaritan law good sense Good Shepherd good shit good sort good spirits

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