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ferrier

ferrier noun: a ferryman.

Noun

ferrier (plural ferriers)

  1. (rare) a ferryman

Proper noun capitalized: Ferrier

Ferrier

  1. A surname.
  2. A commune in northeastern Haiti.

Forms of ferrier

pluralferriers

Origin of ferrier

From ferry + -er.

* As a Scottish and English surname, from French ferrier (“ironsmith”). Compare Farrar, Farrier. * Also as a Scottish and English surname, from the noun ferrier (“ferryman”).

Words formed from ferrier

  • Ferrier carbocyclization
  • Ferrier rearrangement

Questions about ferrier

What does ferrier mean?
Ferrier means a ferryman.
What part of speech is ferrier?
Ferrier can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ferrier?
The plural of ferrier is ferriers.

Words near ferrier in the dictionary

  1. ferried
  2. ferrielectric
  3. ferrielectricity
  4. ferrienterobactin
  5. ferrienterochelin
  6. ferrier
  7. Ferriera
  8. Ferrieras
  9. ferrierite
  10. ferrierites
  11. ferriers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferrier (page history and authors); Ferrier (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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