humanitarian

Meanings

Adjective

• Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; compassionate, humane.
• Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
• Synonym of humanist

Noun

• A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
• One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
• Synonym of humanist

Origin

• From humanity + -arian, possibly modelled after Unitarian (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2).