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Webster 1913 Edition

Ferryman

Fer′ry-man

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Noun.

;

pl.

Ferrymen

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One who maintains or attends a ferry.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ferryman

FER'RYMAN

,

Noun.

One who keeps a ferry, and transports passengers over a river.

Definition 2024

ferryman

ferryman

English

Noun

ferryman ‎(plural ferrymen)

A man who operates a ferry.
(Greek mythology, usually preceded by the) Charon

Translations

man who operates a ferry

Dutch: veerman (nl) m
Finnish: lautturi (fi)
French: batelier (fr) m
German: Fährmann (de) m, (poetic, dated) Ferge (de) m
Greek: πορθμέας (el) m ‎(porthméas), βαρκάρης (el) m ‎(varkáris)
Hungarian: révész (hu)
Icelandic: ferjumaður m
Italian: traghettatore

Macedonian: скелеџија m ‎(skelédžija)
Portuguese: balseiro m
Russian: паро́мщик (ru) m ‎(parómščik)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: скелеђија m, скелеџија m

Roman: skeleđija, skelédžija (sh)
Spanish: barquero m, balsero (es) m
Volapük: (man or woman) lovenafan (vo), (male) hilovenafan, (female) jilovenafan