water carrier (English, noun)
expansion: water carrier (plural water carriers)
Senses:
glosses: A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
tags: historical
usually
glosses: An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.
glosses: A pipe or tube that conveys water.
glosses: A transportation ship that is water-based.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Aquarius, or a symbol for it.
glosses: A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
tags: colloquial
figuratively
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A domestique.
Forms:
form: water carriers
tags: plural
form: water-carrier
tags: alternative