Noun
One who maintains or attends a ferry.
Source: Webster's dictionarySome people believe that when you die, you cross the River of Death and have to pay the ferryman. People don't seem to worry about that these days. Perhaps there's a bridge now. Terry Pratchett
Leo looked at me with a warning glance to be patient, silent and respectful, and disappeared amongst the crowd... I perceived familiar faces, serious or smiling. I saw the figure of Albertus Magnus, the ferryman Vasudeva, the artist Klingsor, and others. Hermann Hesse
Dante put Phlegyas as ferryman over the Styx and made it the fifth circle of Hell, where the wrathful and sullen are punished by being drowned in the muddy waters for eternity, with the wrathful fighting each other. Source: Internet
He used the passage which opens at Aornum in Thesprotis and, on his arrival, not only charmed the ferryman Charon.. Source: Internet
The third is yet to come and will dry the sea altogether, thus depriving the ferryman of his livelihood. Source: Internet
To cross the river, the ferryman orients the boat around 45° from the current so that the current pushes the boat across the river. Source: Internet