ferryman

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English

Etymology

From ferry +‎ -man.

Noun

ferryman (plural ferrymen)

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

Translations

man who operates a ferry

Chinese:
Mandarin: 渡船夫 (dùchuánfū)
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)
Ancient: πορθμεύς m (porthmeús)
Hebrew: מַעְבּוֹרַאי (he) m (ma'aborai)
Hungarian: révész (hu)
Icelandic: ferjumaður m
Italian: traghettatore
Macedonian: скелеџија m (skeledžija)
Portuguese: balseiro (pt) m
Romanian: luntraș (ro) m, barcagiu (ro) m
Russian: паро́мщик (ru) m (parómščik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скелеђија m, скелеџија m

Roman: skeleđija, skelédžija (sh)
Spanish: barquero m, balsero (es) m
Volapük: lovenafan (vo) m or f, hilovenafan m, jilovenafan f

Charon — see Charon

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