Charonn.
/ˈkɛːrən/, /ˈkɛːrn̩/, /ˈkɛːrɒn/, U.S. /ˈkɛrən/ 1. In Greek and Latin mythology the name of the ferryman who conveyed the shades of the departed across the Styx; often used allusively.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > conductor of souls
Charona1522
fetch-life1582
psychopomp1603
ferryman1615
the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > lake or river of > ferryman
Charona1522
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. v. 63 Ȝon grysly ferryar to name Charon hait.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 41 Which damp holes breathing out a deadly aire some call Charoneæ Scrobes, i. Charons ditches.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. ii. 9 O be thou my Charon. And giue me swift transportance to these fieldes. View more context for this quotation
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale ix. 304 Yowr lives for him shall goe to Carons ferrie.
1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. lxxii The other side Of Charon's ferry.
1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 134 This Charon ferries them all over in his boat..and all gather one grimness of hue and style.
2. Ferry-man. (humorous.)
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > ferryman
ferryman1192
passerc1300
ferrier1440
passengera1525
Charon1861
1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) iv. 72 He had acted as Charon of the Dee at Banchory.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab xviii. 361 The gentlemanly-looking Charon, whose negro slaves work the boat.
Derivatives
Chaˈronic adj.
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1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry I. 359 The brethren of this Charonic society.
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