A·quā'rĭ·ŭs, n.

n. [Lat. aquarius, relating to water, a water-carrier, from aqua, q. v.; Pr. Aquari.] (Astron.) The Water-bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of January;—so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.