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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









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