water-bearer

But I bet you can find a better noun than boy; it makes me think of an African water-bearer in the Colonies, especially when Philippe Noiret was in “Coup de Chiffon” on Arte tonight …

bubbles 2007

It's not until Rall threatens to pay $10 to have his water-bearer killed that he begins to get fresher water.

The Kind of Worker I Am 2004

Which is, strictly speaking, economically rational; the water-bearer knows that nobody else will provide a better service, so why not do the least work until there's some other incentive?

The Kind of Worker I Am 2004

Aquarius, or the water-bearer, Flask; might fill pitchers at your coat collar.

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

And you, my tripod, bear this urn for me; you shall be the water-bearer; and you, cock, whose morning song has so often roused me in the middle of the night to send me hurrying to the Assembly, you shall be my flute-girl.

The Ecclesiazusae 2000

The wounded had awnings over them, and the water-bearer with his donkey went beside.

The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

"Yesterday, the twenty-first of February, the sun moved from the house of Aquarius the water-bearer to the house of Pisces, the fish."

The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

Hindustani Districts where women are frequently secluded and therefore cannot draw water for the household, while in the Maratha Districts where the women go to the well no water-bearer is required.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Tall man, I never thought on it till now -- Body of me, I had a warrant of the peace served on me, even now as I came along, by a water-bearer.

English Literature for Boys and Girls

Mamie, the little water-bearer, had filled her pail and was returning in the track selected by the buffalo.

Last of the great scouts; the life story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") as told by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore 1899