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samaritan

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Pronunciation: US /səˈmærɪtən/

samaritan means: Someone who helps a person in trouble, especially a stranger.

noun

HELPFUL STRANGERB2

Someone who helps a person in trouble, especially a stranger.

  • A good samaritan helped me home.
  • Two samaritans stopped to help the injured cyclist.
  • We never learned the name of the samaritan who paid our bill.

Similar words: good Samaritan, helper

Common phrases: a good samaritan, a passing samaritan, a kind samaritan

Questions about samaritan

What does samaritan mean?

Someone who helps a person in trouble, especially a stranger.

What is samaritan in other languages?

Türkçe: hayırsever · Español: buen samaritano · Français: bon samaritain · Deutsch: barmherziger Samariter · Italiano: buon samaritano · 日本語: 親切な人

How do you pronounce samaritan?

It is pronounced /səˈmærɪtən/.

How do you use samaritan in a sentence?

A good samaritan helped me home. Two samaritans stopped to help the injured cyclist.

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