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humanitarian

hu·man·i·tar·i·an [ hyoo mànni térree ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. caring: committed to improving the lives of other people
a humanitarian organization

2. human: involving and affecting human beings, especially in a harmful way ( informal )
a humanitarian disaster



noun  (plural hu·man·i·tar·i·ans)
Definition:
 
1. caring person: somebody who seeks to improve the lives of other people

2. somebody believing in humanitarianism: somebody who believes in the philosophical theory of humanitarianism

[Mid-19th century. <human, after unitarian and egalitarian]
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