water carrier

noun

1. a person who carries water, as to a body of troops.
2. a pipe, duct, or tank for conveying water.
3. a ship that transports goods or persons by waterway or sea routes.

Water Carrier

¹

noun

1. the Water Carrier
   the constellation Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac

water carrier

²

noun

1. informal.
   a football player who is regarded as hard-working and competent but is not a star player

Word History and Origins

Origin of water carrier¹

First recorded in 1645–55

Example Sentences

She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she could recall them, to a Eurasian whom she found acting as a water-carrier.

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He had been a bheestee (water carrier) to the house of Ramabai up to the young banker's incarceration.

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He saw the water carrier enter through the bamboo gate, heard the water slosh about jerkily as the bheestee emptied his goatskin.

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I even put the water-carrier upon asking about the neighbourhood; but no such name as Courson was ever heard of!

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She had made up the amount with money drawn from every source, even from her poor miserable water-carrier.

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