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Definition of: humanitarian
(hy·man′ə·târ′ē·ən) noun
1. One who is broadly philanthropic and humane: a philanthropist.
2. One who seeks to forward the welfare of humanity by ameliorating pain and suffering in any of their manifestations.
3. One who believes that Christ was a mere man; an anti–Trinitarian.
4. One who holds that the perfectibility of the human race is attainable without superhuman aid.
—adjective Of or pertaining to humanitarianism or the humanitarians.
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