water carrier en · NOUN
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Meanings
- (historical, usually) 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.
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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.
1965, Willy Hartner, “The Earliest History of the Constellations in the near East and the Motif of the Lion-Bull Combat”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 24, number 1/2, page 11, column 1:
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person doing simple, ordinary work, usually in opposition to somebody considered more valuable.
- A domestique.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| water-carrier | alternative | lexicographic | |
| water carriers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (21)
fi vesijohto (pipe or tube) · ro sacagiu (person) · kk су тасушы (person) · fi vesitankkeri (ship) · mk во́дарка (person) · la aquārius (person) · ota صوجی (person) · tr sucu (person) · bg водоносец (individual doing simple, ordinary work) · la utrārius (person) · el υδραγωγός (pipe or tube) · ota سقا (person) · kk сушы (person) · fi vedenkantaja (person) · alt суу тартаачы (person) · fi duunari (individual doing simple, ordinary work) · tr saka (person) · bg водоносец (person) · alt суу тартып турган кижи (person) · mk во́дар (person) · mk водо́носец (person)