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Definition of Ferryman
1. Noun. A man who operates a ferry.
Definition of Ferryman
1. n. One who maintains or attends a ferry.
Definition of Ferryman
1. Noun. A man who operates a ferry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferryman
1. one who operates a ferry [n FERRYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferryman
Literary usage of Ferryman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"A few minutes after, he asked the ferryman : " Do you know anything of ...
The ferryman jumped up, pulling off his coat, anil asked the philosopher, " Sir, ..."
2. The Minor Elizabethan Drama by Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville Dorset, George Peele, Thomas Kyd, Nicholas Udall, John Lyly, Robert Greene (1917)
"Oh, ferryman, where art thou? Here enters the ferryman. ferryman. Here, here, go
before to the boat, and I will follow you. Arden. We have great haste; ..."
3. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society by Connecticut Historical Society (1897)
"... riuer they shall pay 4d for hors &, his load goeing & coming in Money, or six
pence in pay./ & If the Towne grow weary of the sayd ferryman they in 3 ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"ferryman. As common carrier, see "Common Carrier." Within the meaning of the
exemption at common law and of the militia act of ferrymen from militia duty, ..."
5. Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1891)
"I defend Thomas ferryman, charged with matricide—Finding the body—The ...
The prisoner was a man named Thomas ferryman, who was thirty-one years of age. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Ways, Including Highways, Turnpike Roads and Tolls by Humphry William Woolrych (1829)
"Right of ferryman. It has been holden, that the owner of a ferry has a right ...
The interest of the ferryman would be encumbered with this discharge (d). ..."
7. Lullabies and Slumber Songs: With a Few Other Child Verses by Lincoln Hulley (1900)
"O ferryman, tell us, are you the good giver Who takes little children across
without dues? Then ho, for the journey that soon must be taken, All cuddled up ..."
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