English Explanatory Dictionary

water carrier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern era when it was a common job.
  2. An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.
  3. A pipe or tube that conveys water.
  4. A transportation ship that is water-based.
  5. Aquarius, or a symbol for it.
  6. A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
  7. A domestique.
name
  1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Aquarius.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-water carrier.wav

Word forms

water carrier water carriers water-carrier the Water Carrier

Etymology

Calque of Latin Aquarius. Compare Afrikaans Waterdraer

Related words

water boy

Translations

Bulgarian: водоносец Finnish: vedenkantaja Kazakh: сушы Kazakh: су тасушы Latin: aquārius Latin: utrārius Macedonian: во́дар Macedonian: во́дарка Macedonian: водо́носец Romanian: sacagiu Southern Altai: суу тартаачы Southern Altai: суу тартып турган кижи Turkish: saka Turkish: sucu Ottoman Turkish: صوجی Ottoman Turkish: سقا
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