Charon

['kɛrən]

Definition

(noun.) (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades.

Typed by Chloe--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Editor: Tod

Definition

n. in Greek mythology the ferryman who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx in the lower world: a ferryman generally.

Editor: Sidney