spear carrier in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for spear carrier in the English»Italian Dictionary

spear carrier [Am spɪ(ə)r ˈkɛriər] N

1. spear carrier:

spear carrier

portatore m di lancia

spear carrier

lanciere m

2. spear carrier (actor):

spear carrier

figurante mf

Translations for spear carrier in the English»Italian Dictionary

carrier [Brit ˈkarɪə, Am ˈkɛriər] N

1. carrier:

carrier (transport company)

vettore m

carrier (transport company)

corriere m

carrier (transport company)

spedizioniere m

carrier (airline)

compagnia f aerea

carrier (airline)

vettore m aereo

to send sth by carrier

spedire qc per corriere

2. carrier (on a bicycle):

carrier

portapacchi m

3. carrier (of disease):

carrier

portatore m / portatrice f

4. carrier Brit:

carrier, also carrier bag

borsa f (di plastica, di carta)

5. carrier:

carrier RADIO, TELEC

(onda) portante f

6. carrier MIL:

carrier

portaerei f

I.spear [Brit spɪə, Am spɪr] N (weapon)

spear

lancia f

II.spear [Brit spɪə, Am spɪr] VB trans

1. spear:

spear fish

fiocinare, arpionare

spear person, part of body

trafiggere, trapassare (con la lancia)

2. spear (with fork etc.):

spear food

infilzare, infilare (with con)

III.spear [Brit spɪə, Am spɪr] N

spear (of plant)

stelo m

spear (of asparagus, broccoli)

gambo m

spear carrier in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spear carrier in the English»Italian Dictionary

carrier [ˈkæ·rɪ·əɐ] N

1. carrier (person who carries):

carrier

corriere m

2. carrier MIL (vehicle):

carrier

veicolo m da trasporto

aircraft carrier

portaerei f inv

3. carrier MED:

carrier

portatore(-trice) m (f)

4. carrier (transport company):

carrier

spedizioniere m

I.spear [spɪr] N

spear

lancia f

spear (for throwing)

giavellotto f

spear (for fishing)

fiocina f

II.spear [spɪr] VB trans

spear

trafiggere (con la lancia)

spear with fork

inforchettare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The trouble is that each of us is his own hero, existing in a world of spear carriers.

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The silent ones are known as spear carriers, to differentiate them from the male chorus members.

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A spear carrier is the anonymous character cut down by the hero as he advances to save the menaced heroine.

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I auditioned for all the school plays and never made it to spear carrier.

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A spear carrier is a character put in a story to be used like a piece of disposable tissue.

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