Water-carrier Definition

noun
Alternative form of water carrier.
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(usually historical) A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.

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An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.

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A pipe or tube that conveys water.

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A transportation ship that is water-based.

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Other Word Forms of Water-carrier

Noun

Singular:
water-carrier
Plural:
water-carriers

Water-carrier Sentence Examples

  • His grandfather, William Scott of Sandgate, a suburb of Newcastle, was clerk to a "fitter" - a sort of water-carrier and broker of coals.

  • Aquarius, the water-carrier, is often drawn as a man carrying buckets of water balanced across his shoulders.

  • The water carrier - male or female - is always popular.

  • Consider getting a black and white portrait of a water carrier with colorful water being poured from the jug.

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