ferryman
Americannoun
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ferrymen
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Origin of ferryman
First recorded in 1425–75, ferryman is from the late Middle English word feryman. See ferry, man
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The ferryman jokes that the rubber has returned to its origins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
This week, a different anticyclone, named for Hades’ ferryman, also drifted from North Africa toward Europe’s outer-region nations, consigning Italy to crisis mode.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2023
European news outlets are referring to the latest heat wave in Southern Europe as “Caronte,” after the ferryman in Dante Alighieri’s poem “Inferno.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
The Italian weather service said the island will be at the "epicentre" of next week's heatwave, which weather forecasters have dubbed Charon, after the ferryman who delivered souls into the underworld in Greek mythology.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Directly after her marriage, when Hercules was taking her home, they had reached a river where the Centaur Nessus acted as ferryman, carrying travelers over the water.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Our narrator, Proctor Bennett, is one of the highly respected ferrymen who lead expiring Prosperans to the dock and launch them over to Nursery Isle for a refresh.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Roberto Spada, 75, whose father was one of those ferrymen, said he helped navigate the ferry as a 12-year-old and was interested in helping out the town by doing it again as a volunteer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
One B-52 pilot was inflating his life raft twelve miles downstream from Hanoi in an attempt to escape, when he was surrounded by ferrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
As one of the River Sava's largest ports, it was a fief of ferrymen who plied their craft from the south bank to Hapsburg-ruled Slavonia on the other side.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small two-colored basket made of bast, in which the ferrymen kept the copper and silver coins which they received as their payment, had also disappeared.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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