Samaritan

(sa-mar/ -it-ati). I- A benevolent person, or benefactor of the helple . Devoted to charitable work or to the service of the helple , as a S. Hospital. S.'s Balsam, a mixture of wine and oil, formerly used in treating wounds. S. Schools, schools established for the instruction of the general public in the means of giving prompt succor to the wounded and injured before the arrival the physician. In England these schools are as ambulance-cla es. a mar it an ism (sa-mar'-it-an-izni). Same as Samarifortn.