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FLYING DUTCHMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Flying Dutchman" is a kind of...):
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow (something existing in perception only)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Flying Dutchman" is a kind of...):
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre (a ghostly appearing figure)
