water carrier
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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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 TracyHe had been a bheestee (water carrier) to the house of Ramabai up to the young banker's incarceration.
The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrathHe 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 MacGrathI 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 | VariousShe 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)
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)
the Water Carrier the constellation Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac
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