spear-carrier
Example Sentences
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The latest vehicle for the president’s fury is the memo orchestrated by Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Trump spear carrier.
From Washington Times
He has pursued the role ever since his days as a “glorified spear carrier” at the Royal Shakespeare Company, watching from the wings as celebrated actors spoke the famous soliloquies.
From The Guardian
The Mets, it seems, have traded away a fellow who went from a hard-nosed, error-prone spear carrier into a rough approximation of George Brett.
From Washington Post
Having entered as budding actors — and then being cast as spear carriers in college shows — they shifted to songwriting.
From Washington Post
The result was bit roles, including a spear carrier in Laurence Olivier’s 1948 screen version of “Hamlet” and a succession of pirates, Nazis, Spaniards and Arabs — the movie bad guys of the day.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
