Meaning

2 senses
  1. A man who operates a ferry.

    Fährmann, Ferge

    паро́мщикparómščik

    a male man who operates a ferry

  2. (Greek)Charon.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Antonio killed one of the ferrymen.

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  2. Antonio convinced the ferryman to turn around.

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  3. Tom is a ferryman.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
man who operates a ferry:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
man who operates a ferry:

Origin

From ferry + -man.

From ferry + -man.

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Forms

plural: ferrymen
Singularferryman
Pluralferrymen

irregular · Lesson

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ferryman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto