bheesty
/ˈbiːsti/
noun
- A person who carries water, especially one who supplies water to households or works in irrigation, historically in South Asia.
- The British officers employed a bheesty to keep their quarters supplied with fresh water.
- In old Delhi, a bheesty would deliver water to homes that had no plumbing.
- The bheesty filled his goatskin bag from the well and walked to the village.
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