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ferryman

[ UK /fˈɛɹɪmən/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛɹimən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a man who operates a ferry

How To Use ferryman In A Sentence

  • We embark, the ferryman hands us an oar, and the craft moves out from the dock.
  • The old ferryman has become so frail that he no longer rows the ferry.
  • After that they met the faery ferryman, who -- according to Sandy -- "wore a wee kiltie o 'reeds, an' a tammie made frae a loch-lily pad wi 'a cat-o'-nine-tail tossel, lukin' sae ilk the brae ye wad niver ken he was a mon glen ye dinna see his legs, walkin '. The Primrose Ring
  • A sharpening nip to the wind made me look south, where a familiar pearling of the sky and darkening of sea showed that the ferryman's prophecy was set to come true.
  • There is no separating stream; no ferryboat, no ferryman; no Buddhism, no Buddha.
  • The youth, one of whose names was Robin, finally drew from his pocket the half of a little province bill of five shillings, which, in the depreciation in that sort of currency, did but satisfy the ferryman's demand, with the surplus of a sexangular piece of parchment, valued at three pence. My Kinsman, Major Molineux
  • The Ferryman serves bar food in its restaurant/diner throughout the week, offering a menu of both traditional Irish food and a daily carvery.
  • He shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman , come here, we want to cross the river.
  • Every table has views over the loch, and the renovated croft and ferryman's cottage is decorated in a light, breezy way that immediately puts you at ease.
  • While dressing for the performance of their ‘mystery’, the monks playing the Madwoman, the Ferryman and the Traveller are daubed with Christ's stigmata.
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