English noun: Flying Dutchman | |||
1. | Flying Dutchman (person) the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre | ||
2. | Flying Dutchman (cognition) a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow | ||