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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "Charon":
Aides, Aidoneus, Cerberus, Cora, Despoina, Dis, Dis pater, Erebus,
Hades, Hel, Kore, Loki, Minos, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa,
Persephone, Pluto, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Satan