ferryman

fer·ry·man | \ ˈfer-ē-mən

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, ˈfe-rē- \

Definition of ferryman

: a person who operates a ferry

Examples of ferryman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The narrator spends much of her time with an old man, a former ferryman who lives on a boat that now registers to them only as an unusable object. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, "How “The Memory Police” Makes You See," 6 Nov. 2019 In another, a Nordic ferryman, restlessly nostalgic for his youth as a sailor, steers his vessel full of commuters toward the open sea. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: A Pilgrim Without a Map," 9 Aug. 2018 Politics are tangled up with love and passion in this drama, whose title refers to the Aeneid’s Charon, the ferryman who conveys souls to the land of the dead. — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, "London Theater: 'The Ferryman' at the Royal Court, London: Delicious accents, hard truths, engaging cast," 6 May 2018 Many cultures in antiquity have buried their dead with coins as a way to pay a mythical ferryman to take their souls into the afterlife. — New York Times, "The Baby’s Hand Was Mummified. Why Wasn’t the Rest of Its Body?," 18 May 2018 Director Nicolo Donato’s grandfather was one of the ferrymen. — Loren King, BostonGlobe.com, "The National Center for Jewish Film festival turns 21," 19 Apr. 2018 On our glorious boat ride back from the glacier, our ruddy ferryman was beaming. — New York Times, "In Certifiably Happy Norway, a Cranky Traveler Finds Some Bliss (Within Reason)," 30 Dec. 2017 Just pay the ferryman $40 bucks for the ride here and back. — John Bordsen, USA TODAY, "Wild islands in the Carolinas," 12 Oct. 2017 The ritzy Van Peteghem clan vacations in their villa overlooking the bay; the Brufort family of mussel-gatherers and ferrymen live on a ramshackle farm in the lowlands. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Slack Bay," 14 Apr. 2017

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“Ferryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferryman. Accessed 20 Feb. 2020.

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