OXFORD DICTIONARY
samaritan, n. & adj.
--n.
1 (in full good Samaritan) a charitable or helpful person (with ref. to Luke 10:33 etc.).
2 a member of an organization which counsels people in distress by telephone or face to face.
3 a native of Samaria in West Jordan .
4 the language of this people.
5 an adherent of the Samaritan religious system, accepting only the Samaritan Pentateuch.
--adj. of Samaria or the Samaritans.
Samaritan Pentateuch a recension used by Samaritans of which the MSS are in archaic characters.
Samaritanism n.
LL Samaritanus f. Gk Samareites f. Samareia Samaria
THESAURUS
samaritan
aid, aider, assister, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, good Samaritan, good person, help, helper, helping hand, jack-at-a-pinch, ministering angel, ministrant, patron, succorer