ferryman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ferryman
    n 1: a man who operates a ferry

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ferryman \Fer"ry*man\, n.; pl. {Ferrymen}.
   One who maintains or attends a ferry.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

FERRYMAN. One employed in taking persons across a river or other stream, in 
boats or other contrivances at a ferry. The owner of a ferry is not 
considered a ferryman, when it is rented and in the possession of a tenant. 
Minor, R. 366. 
     2. Ferrymen are considered as common carriers, and are therefore the 
legal judges to decide when it is proper to pass over or not. 1 M'Cord, R. 
444 Id. 157 1 N. & M. 19; 2 N. & M. 17. They are to regulate how the 
property to be taken across shall be put in their boats or flats; 1 M'Cord 
157; and as soon as the carriage is fairly on the drop or slip of a fat, 
although driven by the owner's servant, it is in possession of the ferryman, 
and he is answerable. 1 M'Cord's R. 439.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "ferryman":
      bargee, bargeman, barger, boat-handler, boater, boatman, boatsman,
      ferrier, galley slave, gondolier, lighterman, oar, oarsman, punter,
      rower, waterman, yachter, yachtsman