"ferryman" meaning in All languages combined

See ferryman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ferrymen [plural]
Etymology: ferry + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ferry|man}} ferry + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|ferrymen}} ferryman (plural ferrymen)
  1. A man who operates a ferry. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (man who operates a ferry): πορθμεύς (porthmeús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 渡船夫 (dùchuánfū) (Chinese Mandarin), veerman [masculine] (Dutch), lautturi (Finnish), batelier [masculine] (French), Fährmann [masculine] (German), Ferge [dated, masculine, poetic] (German), πορθμέας (porthméas) [masculine] (Greek), βαρκάρης (varkáris) [masculine] (Greek), מַעְבּוֹרַאי (ma'aborai) [masculine] (Hebrew), révész (Hungarian), ferjumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), traghettatore (Italian), скелеџија (skeledžija) [masculine] (Macedonian), balseiro [masculine] (Portuguese), luntraș [masculine] (Romanian), barcagiu [masculine] (Romanian), паро́мщик (parómščik) [masculine] (Russian), скелеђија [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), скелеџија [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skeleđija [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), skelédžija [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), barquero [masculine] (Spanish), balsero [masculine] (Spanish), lovenafan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hilovenafan [masculine] (Volapük), jilovenafan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-ferryman-en-noun-K~rMZt8u Disambiguation of Nautical: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'man who operates a ferry': 97 3
  2. (Greek mythology, usually preceded by the) Charon. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Male, Nautical, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-ferryman-en-noun-CQoLL9EE Disambiguation of Male: 9 91 Disambiguation of Nautical: 52 48 Disambiguation of Occupations: 30 70 Disambiguation of People: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 35 65 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Inflected forms

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