Humanitarian

English

Adjective

Humanitarian (comparative more Humanitarian, superlative most Humanitarian)

1. Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

Noun

Humanitarian (plural Humanitarians)

1. A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

Derived terms

• humanitarianism

Thesaurus

Robin Hood, almoner, almsgiver, almsgiving, altruistic, benefactor, beneficent, benevolent, benevolist, bighearted, charitable, do-gooder, eleemosynary, freehearted, generous, good, greathearted, human, humane, largehearted, philanthropic, philanthropist, power for good, social worker, welfare, welfare statist, welfare worker, welfarist, well-doer

Etymology

c 1820 humanity

Translations

Adjective

concerned with people's welfare

Chinese: Mandarin: 人道主義的 (zh), 人道主义的 (zh) (réndàozhǔyì de) Czech: humanitární (cs) Finnish: humanitaarinen (fi) French: humanitaire (fr) German: humanitär (de)

Greek: ανθρωπιστικός (el) (anthropistikos) Irish: daonchairdiúil (ga) Japanese: 人道主義的な (ja) (jindōshugiteki-na) Korean: 박애의 (ko) (bakaeui), 인도주의 (ko) (indojuui) Luganda: obuyambi Russian: гуманитарный (ru) (gumanitárnyj), (humane) гуманный (ru) (gumánnyj) Spanish: humanitario (es)

Noun

person with humanitarian concerns

Chinese: Mandarin: 人道主義者 (zh) Japanese: 人道主義者 (ja) (じんどうしゅぎしゃ, jindōshugisha)

Korean: 인도적 (ko) (indojeok) Russian: гуманист (ru) (gumaníst) m., гуманистка (ru) (gumanístka) f. Spanish: humanitario (es)

External links

• Humanitarian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Humanitarian in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911