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# ferryman

«ferryman» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ferryman, ferrymen)

### meaning for a pupil

A ferryman is a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries people across a river or lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferryman/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales and old stories the ferryman takes travellers across a river, often as a mysterious or magic figure

### examples

- The old ferryman asked: 'Are you going far, my friend?' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferryman/#x1)
- The ferryman did not get in but pushed the boat off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferryman/#x2)
- The ferryman has rowed to and fro for thirty years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferryman/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ferryman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/ferryman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.