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Definition: Good Samaritan |
Good SamaritanNoun1. A person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Good Samaritan One who succours the distressed. The character is from our Lord's Parable of the man who fell among thieves (St. Luke x. 30-37). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: Good SamaritanSynonym: Samaritan (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Benefactor | Noun: benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan; pater patriae; salt of the earth; (good man); auxiliary. |
Benevolence | Good Samaritan, sympathizer, bon enfant; altruist. |
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Crosswords: Good Samaritan |
| Specialty definitions using "good Samaritan": Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 ♦ Good samaritan laws ♦ Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. (references) |
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Screenplays | He was just being a good Samaritan, and look where that got him. (Third Watch; writing credit: Grant Taylor) | |
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 | Scene in a New Hampshire court.--General Pierce examining a witness. Scene in a New Hampshire village.--Pierce the good Samaritan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The good Samaritan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Good Samaritan Hospital, West Palm Beach, Florida. Chapel. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Health | Scientists at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, the University of Arizona, and Arizona State University used PET to characterize AD-related reductions in brain activity before the onset of symptoms in persons who carry the APOE e4 gene (Reiman et al., 2000). The study focused on determining the power of PET to rapidly test treatments to prevent this disorder. (references) | |
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Expression using "good Samaritan": Good Samaritan doctrine. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "good Samaritan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | приятел в нужда. (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | laupias samarialainen (the good Samaritan). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | oodgay amaritansay merhametli kimse, şefkâtli insan. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-g-i-m-n-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: adorations, agronomist, dominators, gradations, inamoratas, indagators. | |
-4 letters: adoration, angiomata, animators, dominator, dragomans, gradation, grandioso, inamorata, indagator, mandators, martagons, motorings, mridangas, ondograms, rigadoons, rogations, samaritan, sanatoria, tamarinds, tandooris. | |
-5 letters: adamants, amanitas, amotions, anagrams, angarias, angiomas, angstrom, animator, antidora, antismog, diagrams, diatrons, dioramas, donators, doormats, dragoman, dragoons, gadroons, gormands, grandams, grandmas, granitas, intrados, madronas, madronos. | |
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