fer·ry·man

[fer-ee-muhn]
noun, plural fer·ry·men.
a person who owns or operates a ferry.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English feryman. See ferry, man1

sub·fer·ry·man, noun, plural sub·fer·ry·men.
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ferryman

noun
a man who operates a ferry 
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Ferryman is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Tucker, the ferryman, also had a sugar and syrup mill down at the ferry landing.
The ferryman had the exclusive right to charge fees for cross-river transport.
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