Samaritannoun
uk/səˈmær.ɪ.tən/us/səˈmer.ə.t̬ən/a good Samaritan
someone who gives help to people who need it
the Samaritans [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
in the UK, an organization you can call if you are very worried about something and need to talk to someone
[ C ] someone who works for the Samaritans:
He works as a Samaritan.
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People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- dear
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- treasure
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