spear carrier
A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.
[A]ctors would get annual raises through 2008, when even the lowliest spear carrier will make more than $1,500 a week for being on Broadway.
carrier
UK /ˈkæɹ.i.ə/ US /ˈkæɹ.ɪ.ə/
noun 6name 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
different, interesting, old, small
My grandfather worked for a small carrier that delivered packages across the region.
VERB + CARRIER
armored, don't, mail, need, rent, use, written
We need to rent a mail carrier to deliver packages to our remote office.
CARRIER + NOUN
bag, coronavirus, diseases, navy, pigeons, telegraph
The postal worker used carrier pigeons to deliver messages across the countryside.
PREP.
from, on
The package arrived on the carrier's truck this morning.
ADV.
biologically, directly, only
She was only a carrier of the gene, not affected by the disease herself.
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