Flying Dutchman

/ˌˈflaɪɪŋ ˌdʌtʃmən/
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Other forms: Flying Dutchmen

Definitions of Flying Dutchman
  1. noun
    a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
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    type of:
    apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
    something existing in perception only
  2. noun
    the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
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    type of:
    apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre
    a ghostly appearing figure
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