charon Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
WordNet
Cha"ron noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. .Definitions
(Cless. Myth.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. Shak.
