What does Ferryman mean?

Definitions for Ferryman
ˈfɛr i mənfer·ry·man

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ferrymannoun

    a man who operates a ferry

Wiktionary

  1. ferrymannoun

    A man who operates a ferry

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ferrymannoun

    One who keeps a ferry; one who for hire transports goods and passengers over the water.

    Etymology: ferry and man.

    I past, methought, the melancholy flood,
    With that grim ferryman, which poets write of,
    Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

    The common ferryman of Egypt, that wafted over the dead bodies from Memphis, was made by the Greeks the ferryman of hell, and solemn stories raised after him. Brown.

    The grisly ferryman of hell deny’d
    Æneas entrance, ’till he knew his guide. Wentworth Dillon.

Wikipedia

  1. ferryman

    A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles.

ChatGPT

  1. ferryman

    A ferryman is a person who operates a ferry, a type of water vessel that is used to transport passengers, vehicles, or goods across a body of water such as a river, bay, or canal. The ferryman is responsible for navigating the ferry safely, collecting fares, and ensuring the overall operation runs smoothly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ferrymannoun

    one who maintains or attends a ferry

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FERRYMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ferryman is ranked #44109 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ferryman surname appeared 488 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ferryman.

    87% or 425 total occurrences were White.
    9.2% or 45 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ferryman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ferryman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Ferryman in a Sentence

  1. Director Rachel Chavkin:

    It is a failure of imagination, the Ferryman.

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