Sentence examples for spear carrier from inspiring English sources
noun
A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.
Mr. Lee made his screen debut as an uncredited spear carrier in Laurence Olivier's 1948 "Hamlet".
How do we become a volunteer to be a spear carrier or flag carrier?
Food is at center stage at Pencenzo, décor a mere spear carrier.
With some exceptions, the human figure is largely a spear carrier in the show.
"In London, for instance, you go back and forth from being a spear carrier to being Hamlet.
Rigelsford also claimed to be an actor (James Bond again), but Sheppard now doubted that he was ever anything more than a "spear carrier".
Spear carriers and supernumeraries look sheepish.
"The last spear carriers will die without changing their minds," Dr. Adovasio said.
Fourth: You can parley with a major villain, but beware of spear carriers.
There are new characters for the Turnbery course, men who won't be satisfied to be spear carriers.
Let's hear it for the makeweights and spear carriers, the blundering best buddy and the plucky second-billed.
