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water carrier

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin Aquarius. Compare Afrikaans Waterdraer

  1. derived from Aquarius

Definitions

  1. A person who carries water from a spring or well, especially in antiquity and pre-modern…

    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…

    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. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A transportation ship that is water-based.

    2. Aquarius, or a symbol for it.

      • With the ascent of the Sumerian civilization, in which, we have seen, the figure of Aquarius as the "Water-carrier" was already accepted as a current symbol, the Ibex by no means disappeared.

    3. A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more…

      A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.

    4. A domestique.

    5. The constellation and zodiacal sign Aquarius.

      • No racketting around and cocktail parties for those born under the influence of the Water-carrier and the Archer.

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