charon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Char=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

charon, n. [L., fr. Gr. .].

 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]

THESAURUS

charon

Aides, Aidoneus, Cerberus, Cora, Despoina, Dis, Dis pater, Erebus, Hades, Hel, Kore, Loki, Minos, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa, Persephone, Pluto, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Satan