Samaritan 1 adj. and, applied to people, also n. From Samaria, ancient city of Asia, cited in the Bible. 2 It applies to the sectaries and to the sect of Samaria, by which the ten tribes of Israel rejected certain doctrines and practices of the Jews. Good Samaritan woman ( He ) It applies, by reference to the parable of the Bible The Good Samaritan , and often ironically, to a person who is distinguished by his charity: What do you think, that I am the good Samaritan? .
