Water-carrier - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈwɔːtəˌkærɪə|
Brit.  |ˈwɔːtəˌkærɪə|

noun

- Alternative form of water carrier.
- (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.
- An arrangement of wires on which a bucket of water, raised from a well, etc., may be conveyed wherever required, as to a house.
- A pipe or tube that conveys water.
- A transportation ship that is water-based.
- (astrology) Aquarius, or a symbol for it.
- (figuratively, colloquial) An individual doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
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