water carrier

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noun

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.

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Origin of water carrier

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby water carrier

water bug, Waterbury, water-bus, water butt, water cannon, water carrier, water chestnut, water chinquapin, water clock, water closet, water clover

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How to use water carrier in a sentence

She repeated the brief phrases, as well as she could recall them, to a Eurasian whom she found acting as a water-carrier.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
He had been a bheestee (water carrier) to the house of Ramabai up to the young banker's incarceration.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
He saw the water carrier enter through the bamboo gate, heard the water slosh about jerkily as the bheestee emptied his goatskin.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
I even put the water-carrier upon asking about the neighbourhood; but no such name as Courson was ever heard of!
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II|Various

She had made up the amount with money drawn from every source, even from her poor miserable water-carrier.
Germinie Lacerteux|Edmond and Jules de Goncourt

British Dictionary definitions for water carrier (1 of 2)

water carrier

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for water carrier (2 of 2)

Water Carrier

Water Bearer

noun

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

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