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单词 ferryman
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ferrymann.

Brit. /ˈfɛrɪmən/, U.S. /ˈfɛrimən/
Inflections: Plural ferrymen.
Forms: see ferry n.1 and man n.1; also Middle English feremon (as surname), Middle English fermon (as surname), Middle English phariman (as surname).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ferry n.1, man n.1
Etymology: < ferry n.1 + man n.1 Compare Middle Dutch vērman (Dutch veerman), Middle Low German vērman, Middle High German verman (German Fährmann), Old Icelandic ferjumaðr, Old Swedish färio man (Swedish färjman, now rare), Old Danish feriæ man (Danish færgemand, now archaic).Attested earliest as a surname; compare quots. 1192, 1247, 1414, and also Adam Phariman (1265), Johannes le Fermon (1332), John le Feremone (1354), etc.
A person who operates, or who is in charge of, a ferry.Sometimes with reference to Charon, the ferryman of the underworld in classical mythology; cf. Charon n.
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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
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > conductor of souls
Charona1522
fetch-life1582
psychopomp1603
ferryman1615
1192 in Publ. Pipe Roll Soc. (1926) II. 278 Robertus ferriman.
1247 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 86 (MED) Ric. le Feriman.
1414 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 195 (MED) Et Willelmo ferriman pro passagio de Sunderland, iij s. iiij d.
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 162 Payd to the ferrymanes wyffe..xij.d.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Clarence f. lxxixv As wise as Goose the fery man.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Y7v The Ferriman..With his well rigged bote.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 134 Charon grim Ferri-man, these streames doth guard.
1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 158 That Ferry-man shall be prohibited the exercise of his employ, who overturns his Boat.
1724 W. Stukeley Itinerarium Curiosum v. 94 When we had..paid our naul to the inexorable ferryman.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xii. 84 The ferry-man..began to be insolent.
1801 M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. i. 7 The ferryman-fiend.
1833 H. Martineau Tale of Tyne i. 1 He was a pretty ferryman to let a passenger stand calling for his boat.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion i. iv. 35 The ancient ferryman of Hades!
1949 Boys' Life May 9/2 These ferrymen were talking to the passengers of two automobiles waiting to go from the north to the south side of the lake.
1980 H. Wood Third Class Ticket i. 8 It took the ferrymen much patience..to load everything.
1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xiii. 151 There are coastguards on patrol, pilots.., ferrymen, water taxis, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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