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FLYING DUTCHMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Flying Dutchman mean?
• FLYING DUTCHMAN (noun)
The noun FLYING DUTCHMAN has 2 senses:
1. the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
2. a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
Familiarity information: FLYING DUTCHMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Flying Dutchman" is a kind of...):
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre (a ghostly appearing figure)
Sense 2
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)
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