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# A native, or inhabitant of [[Samaria]]; especially one practising the religious traditions originating in that region.
#* '''{{quote-text|en|year=2009''', |author={{w|Diarmaid MacCulloch}}, ''|title=A History of Christianity'', |page=62|publisher=Penguin |year_published=2010, p. 62:
#*: |passage=Many of these despised people built a rival temple on Mount Gerizim in the central Palestinian territory known as Samaria, and hence they were called '''Samaritans''' (a word of contempt to Jews); in very reduced numbers, they still live round their sacred mountain now.}}
# A [[charitable]] person, one who helps others (from the Bible story in Luke 10:30–37).
# {{lb|en|UK}} A person who works for the [[Samaritans]] [[telephone]] [[helpline]], taking calls from suicidal members of the public.