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charon
/ˈkɛəɹən/
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What does charon mean?
noun
- Any ferryman.
proper noun
- The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
- The largest of the five moons of Pluto.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɛəɹən/
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Charon, however, suddenly appears upon the scene and seizes them just as they are about to flee.
There he was allowed to open a dispensary, but, proving dishonest, he lost his license and became a ferryman--a very Charon for terrestrial passengers.
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Charon, however, refused to remove him, and asked, "What life, what safety could be more honorable, than to die bravely with his father, and such generous companions?"
(Ibid., p. 37.) Even the boat of Charon reappears in the traditions of the Chippewayans.
O, be thou my Charon, And give me swift transportance to these fields Where I may wallow in the lily beds Propos’d for the deserver!