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WATER BEARER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Water Bearer mean? 

WATER BEARER (noun)
  The noun WATER BEARER has 2 senses:

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquariusplay

2. the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18play

  Familiarity information: WATER BEARER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER BEARER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aquarius; Water Bearer

Hypernyms ("Water Bearer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Aquarius; Aquarius the Water Bearer; Water Bearer

Instance hypernyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)


 Context examples 


The Saturn Nebula is located approximately 5000 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (The Water Bearer).

(The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula, ESO)



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