Charon — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.

   Usage

   • Greek

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   The Ghoſts rejected, are th’ unhappy Crew Depriv’d of Sepulchers, and Fun’ral due. The Boatman, Charon; thoſe, the bury’d hoſt, He Ferries over to the Farther Coaſt.

   But then, what though the mystic Three Around me ply their merry trade? — And Charon soon may carry me Across the gloomy Stygian glade?

2. The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

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   Last week Nasa released its highest resolution photos yet of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon, revealing new mysteries that its spacecraft New Horizons had uncovered at the edge of the solar system.

Noun

1. Any ferryman.

   Usage

   • Poetic

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades

   Broader terms

   ferry driver