Usually means: Minor character with minimal impact.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word spear carrier:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. spear-carrier: Merriam-Webster
  2. spear carrier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spear-carrier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spear carrier: Vocabulary.com
  5. spear carrier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. spear-carrier, spear carrier: Wiktionary
  7. spear carrier: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. spear-carrier, spear carrier: Dictionary.com
  9. Spear carrier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. spear carrier: Rhymezone
  11. spear carrier: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spear carrier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. spear-carrier, spear carrier: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spear carrier: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spear carrier: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spear carrier)

noun:  (acting) A person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) One who serves in a subordinate or menial role.
noun:  (idiomatic) One who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view.

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