ferryman

English

Etymology

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

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 (skelédžija)
Portuguese: balseiro 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: (man or woman) lovenafan (vo), (male) hilovenafan, (female) jilovenafan

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