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| hu·man·i·tar·i·an [ hyoo mànni térree ən ] |
adjective |
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1. caring: committed to improving the lives of other people
  a humanitarian organization
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2. human: involving and affecting human beings, especially in a harmful way
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informal
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a humanitarian disaster
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noun (plural hu·man·i·tar·i·ans) |
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1. caring person: somebody who seeks to improve the lives of other people
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2. somebody believing in humanitarianism: somebody who believes in the philosophical theory of humanitarianism
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| [Mid-19th century. <human, after unitarian and egalitarian] |
