"water carrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water carriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water carrier (plural water carriers)
  1. (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. Tags: historical, usually Translations (person): водоносец (vodonosec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vedenkantaja (Finnish), сушы (suşy) (Kazakh), су тасушы (su tasuşy) (Kazakh), aquārius [masculine] (Latin), utrārius [masculine] (Latin), во́дар (vódar) [masculine] (Macedonian), во́дарка (vódarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), водо́носец (vodónosec) [masculine] (Macedonian), صوجی (sucu) (Ottoman Turkish), سقا (saka) (Ottoman Turkish), sacagiu [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-kgZVwb1l Disambiguation of 'person': 85 0 0 0 0 15 0
  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.
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-Tk8C3XWy
  3. A pipe or tube that conveys water. Translations (pipe or tube): vesijohto (Finnish), υδραγωγός (ydragogós) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-eUltAnYG Disambiguation of 'pipe or tube': 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
  4. A transportation ship that is water-based. Translations (ship): vesitankkeri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-ixq13sCA Disambiguation of 'ship': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  5. (astrology) Aquarius, or a symbol for it. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-3MSwCd3Y Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  6. (figuratively, colloquial) An individual doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable. Tags: colloquial, figuratively Translations (individual doing simple, ordinary work): водоносец (vodonosec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), duunari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-29nlk967 Disambiguation of 'individual doing simple, ordinary work': 10 1 0 1 3 84 2
  7. (cycling) A domestique. Categories (topical): Cycling
    Sense id: en-water_carrier-en-noun-ZmzZAGl6 Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: water-carrier Related terms: water boy Coordinate_terms: loutrophoros

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