water-bearern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌbɛːrə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌbɛrər/,

/ˈwɑdərˌbɛrər/

Forms: see water n. and bearer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bearer n.

Etymology: < water n. + bearer n. Compare waterleader n.In sense 2 translating classical Latin aquārius Aquarius n. Also attested early as a surname (in sense 1): Ric. Waterberere (1381). In Old English attested only in a related group of glosses rendering classical Latin lixa sutler, camp follower (see lix n.), apparently reflecting folk-etymological association of that word with (etymologically unrelated) post-classical Latin lixa water, lye (see lixivium n.), a connection already made in Nonius Marcellus (perhaps 4th cent.), where lixa in the latter sense is first attested. Compare also (rare) Old English wæterberend ( < water n. + Old English berend ( < bear v.¹ + -end suffix¹)), attested in the same context:OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 209 Lixarum : qui aquam portant, mercennariorum, wæterberendra.All of the Old English glosses ultimately derive from the phrase cum lixarum coetibus ‘with throngs of camp followers’ in Aldhelm De laude virginitatis 13.

1. A person who carries water; spec. one employed to carry water from a spring, well, river, etc., for domestic use.For discussion of the Old English quots. see note in etymology.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water

water-bearereOE

water drawereOE

tankard-bearer?1518

water carrier1532

water drawer1574

water-worker1579

water-caster1610

waterman1615

tankard-womana1667

water pumper1708

watering-man1791

water boy1823

pani-wallah1934

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 104 Cum lixarum [coetibus], mid wæterbererum.

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 282 Lixarum, wæterberera uel nedlungum.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) 2 Esdras iii. 26 Gabonites, water bereris forsothe dwelten in Ofel aȝen the ȝate of watris at the est.

1465–6 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 437 (MED) Item, owynge to the waterberere for berynge of water, vj d.

1524–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 328 Receued at the Maryage of chappell, the waturberer, vj d.

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.viii^v If there be neuer a wyse man, make a water bearer, a tinker, a cobler, a slaue, a page, comptroller of the Mynte.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Mat. Lie in a waterbearers house, a gentleman of his note? well ile tell him my mind.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia i. 9 Their Head geer a Clout rowled up like our Water-Bearers.

1737 H. Webster Def. Layman's Let. 9 The Water-bearers should attend the Wells in a given Order.

1789 Some Idea Courts of Justice Moorshoodabad 20 Though Palenkin-bearers, porters, water-bearers and others, ever maintained and did then maintain themselves and their families upon such an allowance.

1877 F. Burnaby Through Asia Minor I. xx. 229 The gusts [of wind] were a source of..inconvenience to the water-bearers; their hands being occupied with the pitchers.

1912 Boys' Life May 3/1 It was a weary waiting up at the camp for the return of the water-bearer.

2011 Daily Today's Muslim Peshawar (Nexis) 24 July Various vacancies including librarian, watchman, electrician and water-bearer.

2. Usually with the and capital initial. The constellation Aquarius.A number of similar names have been in use from the mid 16th cent.: see, for example, water boy n. 1, water carrier n. 1b, waterer n. 3, waterman n. 2, water-pourer n. 1. See also etymological note at water-pourer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius

Aquariusa1398

waterer1546

waterman1565

water-pourer1565

water-bearer1594

skinker1605

urn1633

water boy1640

water carrier1830

water-can1869

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xxiv. f. 158 The eleuenth Signe called Aquarius, that is to saye, the water-bearer contayning two and fourtie starres.

1702 S. Clough New-Eng. Almanack The Sun takes his Perambulation through the three Cælestial Signs..the Goat, the Water bearer, and Fishes.

1808 Belfast Monthly Mag. Oct. 162 Near him is the 11th star of the Water-bearer.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 328 Near the horizon towards the east are perceived the constellations of the Waterbearer and the Goat.

1926 I. M. Pagan From Pioneer to Poet (ed. 2) i. xi. 170 The Water-bearer is represented as pouring forth liberally the Water—the emotion—which he carries.

1999 Rising Nepal 6 Nov. 5/1 The zodiacal constellations of Sagittarius (archer)..and Aquarius (water bearer) are hanging relatively low in the south-western sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-bearer
释义	water-bearern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌbɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌbɛrər/, /ˈwɑdərˌbɛrər/ Forms: see water n. and bearer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bearer n. Etymology: < water n. + bearer n. Compare waterleader n.In sense 2 translating classical Latin aquārius Aquarius n. Also attested early as a surname (in sense 1): Ric. Waterberere (1381). In Old English attested only in a related group of glosses rendering classical Latin lixa sutler, camp follower (see lix n.), apparently reflecting folk-etymological association of that word with (etymologically unrelated) post-classical Latin lixa water, lye (see lixivium n.), a connection already made in Nonius Marcellus (perhaps 4th cent.), where lixa in the latter sense is first attested. Compare also (rare) Old English wæterberend ( < water n. + Old English berend ( < bear v.¹ + -end suffix¹)), attested in the same context:OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 209 Lixarum : qui aquam portant, mercennariorum, wæterberendra.All of the Old English glosses ultimately derive from the phrase cum lixarum coetibus ‘with throngs of camp followers’ in Aldhelm De laude virginitatis 13. 1. A person who carries water; spec. one employed to carry water from a spring, well, river, etc., for domestic use.For discussion of the Old English quots. see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water water-bearereOE water drawereOE tankard-bearer?1518 water carrier1532 water drawer1574 water-worker1579 water-caster1610 waterman1615 tankard-womana1667 water pumper1708 watering-man1791 water boy1823 pani-wallah1934 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 104 Cum lixarum [coetibus], mid wæterbererum. eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 282 Lixarum, wæterberera uel nedlungum. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) 2 Esdras iii. 26 Gabonites, water bereris forsothe dwelten in Ofel aȝen the ȝate of watris at the est. 1465–6 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 437 (MED) Item, owynge to the waterberere for berynge of water, vj d. 1524–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 328 Receued at the Maryage of chappell, the waturberer, vj d. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.viii^v If there be neuer a wyse man, make a water bearer, a tinker, a cobler, a slaue, a page, comptroller of the Mynte. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2 Mat. Lie in a waterbearers house, a gentleman of his note? well ile tell him my mind. View more context for this quotation 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia i. 9 Their Head geer a Clout rowled up like our Water-Bearers. 1737 H. Webster Def. Layman's Let. 9 The Water-bearers should attend the Wells in a given Order. 1789 Some Idea Courts of Justice Moorshoodabad 20 Though Palenkin-bearers, porters, water-bearers and others, ever maintained and did then maintain themselves and their families upon such an allowance. 1877 F. Burnaby Through Asia Minor I. xx. 229 The gusts [of wind] were a source of..inconvenience to the water-bearers; their hands being occupied with the pitchers. 1912 Boys' Life May 3/1 It was a weary waiting up at the camp for the return of the water-bearer. 2011 Daily Today's Muslim Peshawar (Nexis) 24 July Various vacancies including librarian, watchman, electrician and water-bearer. 2. Usually with the and capital initial. The constellation Aquarius.A number of similar names have been in use from the mid 16th cent.: see, for example, water boy n. 1, water carrier n. 1b, waterer n. 3, waterman n. 2, water-pourer n. 1. See also etymological note at water-pourer n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius Aquariusa1398 waterer1546 waterman1565 water-pourer1565 water-bearer1594 skinker1605 urn1633 water boy1640 water carrier1830 water-can1869 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xxiv. f. 158 The eleuenth Signe called Aquarius, that is to saye, the water-bearer contayning two and fourtie starres. 1702 S. Clough New-Eng. Almanack The Sun takes his Perambulation through the three Cælestial Signs..the Goat, the Water bearer, and Fishes. 1808 Belfast Monthly Mag. Oct. 162 Near him is the 11th star of the Water-bearer. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 328 Near the horizon towards the east are perceived the constellations of the Waterbearer and the Goat. 1926 I. M. Pagan From Pioneer to Poet (ed. 2) i. xi. 170 The Water-bearer is represented as pouring forth liberally the Water—the emotion—which he carries. 1999 Rising Nepal 6 Nov. 5/1 The zodiacal constellations of Sagittarius (archer)..and Aquarius (water bearer) are hanging relatively low in the south-western sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.eOE
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