Χάρος — meaning in English

English meaning

• Charon name In Greek mythology, the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across the river Styx.
• death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.

Senses

Χάρος is used for these senses in English:

• Charon (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
• Grim Reaper A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
• death (often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

Charon — full definition

1. name In Greek mythology, the ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across the river Styx.
2. name The largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto.

death — full definition

1. noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
2. noun The end or collapse of something non-living, used figuratively.
3. name The personification of death, traditionally shown as a hooded, skeletal figure carrying a scythe.

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