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  water carrier

  noun

  a person who carries water, as to a body of troops.
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  Water Carrier

  noun

  the constellation Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac

water carrier

American  

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.

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Water Carrier ¹ British  

noun

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

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water carrier ² British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of water carrier

First recorded in 1645–55

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While Erasmus moved around as a water carrier against the Lions, current South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber was able to watch from the coaching box.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2022

Gatland also noted Erasmus, who was pitchside in South Africa A's win sporting a water carrier bib, seemed to have forgotten a key part of his role.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2021

All British efforts to get, say, the Poles or Frau Merkel to become the water carrier for the Tories’ attempt to get a deal they can live with have been for naught.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2018

Nobody in the Eurogroup has more power than Schäuble, but Dijsselbloem has taken on the role of enforcer—or, to quote one unfriendly observer, water carrier.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 3, 2015

You could survive and pass your unremarkable genes to the next generation by working as a water carrier or an assembly-line worker.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Once bought by the government, nationalized, and dumped into the pipes and canals of the National Water Carrier, its water is indistinguishable from the rest.

From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 23, 2014

Israel’s largest water project, the National Water Carrier, diverts water from the Kinneret that would have fed the Dead Sea to supply the center and the southwest of the country.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2013

In the same year, in Berlin, "A Young Girl with Pussy-Willows" and "A Neapolitan Water Carrier" were seen.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Cherubini's best opera, "The Water Carrier," was brought out in Paris and London in 1800 and 1801.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson

The Water Carrier and The Omelet are studies of street life, finished with great care; a class of picture known as bodegones, often painted by the Spanish artists.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley