Water Bearer

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Water Bearer

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Calque of Latin Aquarius.

proper noun the Water Bearer

The constellation and zodiacal sign Aquarius. The constellation Pegasus, the horse, whose head joins that of Aquarius, the water-bearer, accounts for the fable that Neptune assumed the figure of a horse, and for horses being sacrificed to him.

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@misc{water_bearer_2026,
  title = {Water Bearer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/water%20bearer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}