a person who carries water, as to a body of troops.
a pipe, duct, or tank for conveying water.
a ship that transports goods or persons by waterway or sea routes.
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
Also gone are her backpack and our water carrier, a square of hide folded in fourths.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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
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 Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
Water Carrier was deeply attached to her father's people and became the wife of Lone Elk.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Voe, Carrie de
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 Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
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