SPEAR-CARRIER Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

spear-carrier

noun

Definition of spear-carrier

as in walk-on

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Recent Examples of spear-carrier Simpson emerged as a spear-carrier for Social Security benefit cuts in 2010, when he was appointed the GOP co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Barack Obama as a sop to conservative deficit hawks. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025

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Pegg earns scholarship Hayden Pegg joined the UConn football program as a preferred walk-on in 2023.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Murray also had a connection with assistant quarterbacks coach Jordan Traylor, who was a walk-on at Texas A&M when Murray was a freshman.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of walk-on

Noun

One of West Hartford’s earlier patrol officers, Martin McCue, started as a part-time supernumerary in 1929 and became a full-time officer a year later.

— Don Stacom, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2020
Broken into six-hour installments spaced out over two weeks, the hallucinatory concert extravaganza is being custom tailored, with local musicians, guest artists and glittery supernumeraries brought in for the occasion.

— Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018

Definition of supernumerary

Noun

As Edie, the sister of one of Brando’s fellow dock workers who is murdered, Saint radiated a palpable chemistry with her costar, the characters’ burgeoning romance undeniable.

— Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
His Clarissa costar Kehinde Cardoso had some rules of his own.

— Paul Chi, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of costar

Noun

That feature motivated the actress to approach Novig about taking an equity stake in the company, said Jacob Fortinsky, the company’s co-founder.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
The narrative film jury was comprised of directors Cary Joji Fukunaga and Fernando Eimbcke, actress Ella Rumpf, producer Julie Billy and Walter Fasano, director, film editor and screenwriter.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

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