water carrier
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4.4
- noun
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aguador
- Great water carriers!
Examples
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And Didier Deschamps, the manager, he is a water carrier by trade, right?
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This isn't new; she has always been thus, going all the way back to being the best water carrier at the age of nine.
Blog text (9) -
The elite see themselves as characters in a Homeric epic; the public sees a bunch of water carriers.
Blog text (1) -
Gunga Din was a water carrier, not a tracker.
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They need to realize that while they may or may not get preferential treatment in return for their status as water carriers for the left, their children and grandchildren will not.
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"In the village square, the water carrier rushes by Misha's stall, his buckets swinging wildly on their yoke."
Fiction book (1999) -
The field trip began with a tour of the village by Abu Abed Salah, who explained to the students that Faqoua imports expensive tanks of water and is unable to connect to either the piped Palestinian water system or the piped Israeli national water carrier, Mekorot.
Blog text (26) -
In the desert town, the water carrier delivered fresh water every morning to the residents.
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The village relied on the water carrier to provide them with clean water when the well ran dry.
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During summer, the water carrier would travel long distances to bring water to families in need.
Synonyms
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2.9
A person or company that delivers letters and packages
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3.1
A person who gives water to players during a game
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4.0
A person who gives water to players or workers during events
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2.7
A person who brings packages to homes or businesses
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2.7
A person or tool that gives water to living things
A person who gives water or drinks to others to keep them from getting too thirsty
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who transports water' follows directly from combining 'water' (the liquid) and 'carrier' (one who carries or transports) and does not require idiomatic knowledge. The sense is a straightforward compositional noun phrase and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Water carrier comes from the old job of a person who carried water in buckets or jars and walked from house to house to deliver it. So, it means 'a person who transports water'.