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FERRYMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ferryman mean?
• FERRYMAN (noun)
The noun FERRYMAN has 1 sense:
1. a man who operates a ferry
Familiarity information: FERRYMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who operates a ferry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ferryman" is a kind of...):
boater; boatman; waterman (someone who drives or rides in a boat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ferryman"):
Charon ((Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades)
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