What is a synonym for "ferrier"?

Common synonyms include: boatman, ferryman, galley slave, gondolier, oar, oarsman.

Ferrier

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
a ferryman rare

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
A commune in northeastern Haiti.

Synonyms

All synonyms

boatman ferryman galley slave gondolier oar oarsman

Example

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""There are two ways out of the room," cried Ferrier; "there is the door, and there is the window. Which do you care to use?""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ferry + -er.

Etymology 2

* As a Scottish and English surname, from French ferrier (“ironsmith”). Compare Farrar, Farrier. * Also as a Scottish and English surname, from the noun ferrier (“ferryman”).

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