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Christopher Duncan wrote:
"the strong should protect the weak"
Good Samaritan[^] Close?
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
Very close! Can you get it down to one word? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Depp to Orlando during the swordfight in the smithee. (I think) BW
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
Compassionate (or any of the various synonyms) ---------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters
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Compassionate (or any of the various synonyms) ---------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters
EricDV wrote:
(or any of the various synonyms)
including: Sympathetic Kindhearted Benign ---------- Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. - Laurence J. Peters
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Very close! Can you get it down to one word? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
How about just Samaritan? I would also suggest Champion.
"Live long and prosper." - Spock
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Very close! Can you get it down to one word? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Very close! Can you get it down to one word? :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Very close! Can you get it down to one word?
Well Good Samaritan, roots from Greek / Latin in describing Ancient Samarians (I believe). So it would loose the English definition if you dropped the “Good” portion. have you looked at “patronus” it is a Latin word meaning patronus -i m. [a protector , defender, patron]; esp. [an advocate in a court of law]. Or contego : to cover, shield, protect, defend. Here is a decent list of Latin based words - Latin Word List[^] If you’re willing to compromise a little on the strict definition of the phrase, then consider Sentinel[^] If you ever find a definition to word generator, aka a reverse dictionary please let me know. I spend far too much time searching for the correct word instead of a semi meaningless phrase.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley: -- modified at 17:58 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
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How about just Samaritan? I would also suggest Champion.
"Live long and prosper." - Spock
Jason Henderson
blogJason Henderson wrote:
How about just Samaritan?
Looses it's common English meaning then, as Samaria was a place. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Samaritan[^] 1. A native or inhabitant of Samaria. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Samaria[^]
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley: -- modified at 17:04 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
altruistic?
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
Christopher Duncan wrote:
"the strong should protect the weak"
There is no single word adjective that reflects this quality in a person simply because this particular word construction doesn't lend itself to be a singular attribute for a person. The words you used ("the strong should protect the weak") for the concept you seek is more of a moral judgement or a knightly assignment than an attribute. "shielding", "sheltering", "insulating", "champion" etc, all of those describe protecting the weak (in some manner, not necessarily bodily strength) to some degree but can be used to protect the weak evil as well as the weak good and I think you're searching for an altruistic word for the concept. I believe you'll be hard pressed to find a single word that embodies the concept of "the strong protecting the weak" as an attribute for a living breathing person. Mike Poz
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
Christopher Duncan wrote:
the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short
Okay so this is proof positive I have no life, I was pondering what protecting the weak really means, after some thought, there is only one word that really embodies protecting the weak. Leadership, protecting people isn’t just a matter of protecting them from violent situations, but also helping and listening. My finally vote would be for Leadership, as it takes more than brawn to protect someone from the harsh realities of the world.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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I'm trying to find a single word to use in a list of ideal personal attributes that reflects the concept that "the strong should protect the weak" but I'm coming up short. A thesaurus is designed to map single words, and has been of little use in mapping this concept to a personal attribute. Anyone care to take a swing at this? [edit] David was close with "guardian", and I thought I'd put my response to that here so you'd have a better idea of what I'm trying to accompish. I'm looking for a word that would fit into a list of attributes describing a person, e.g. Tolerant Considerate Benevolent Fair and so on, so guardian doesn't quite fit, i.e. you might say that "someone is considerate" or "someone is fair" but you wouldn't say "someone is guardian". [/edit] Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes -- modified at 13:50 Thursday 22nd June, 2006
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