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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Charon \Cha"ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Charon
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the
         dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades