Flying Dutchman

Fly·ing Dutchman (fl

ng)

1. A spectral ship said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope.

2. The captain of this ship, a legendary Dutch mariner condemned to sail the seas against the wind until Judgment Day.

Flying Dutchman

n Legend

1. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) a phantom ship sighted in bad weather, esp off the Cape of Good Hope

2. (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) the captain of this ship

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre, specter - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
	2.	Flying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
apparition fantasm flying phantasm phantasma phantom Phantom ship shadow specter spectre	Here a second inscription informed me that the painter considered the Flying Dutchman to be no other than the Wandering Jew, pursuing his interminable Journey by sea. Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context She might have been the very Flying Dutchman, so foul, draggled, and unkempt was every rope and stick aboard. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context	flybridge flyby flycatcher flycatching warbler flyer Flyfish flying flying ambulance Flying army Flying artillery flying bird flying boat flying bomb flying bridge flying buttress Flying camp flying carpet flying cat flying circus flying colors flying colours flying doctor Flying doe flying dragon flying drainpipe Flying Dutchman flying field flying fish flying fox flying frog flying gecko flying gurnard flying head flying jib Flying kites flying lemur Flying level flying lizard flying machine flying mare flying marmot flying mouse flying officer flying opossum Flying party flying phalanger flying picket Flying pinion flying reptile flying robin Flying sap	flying carpet flying carpet Flying Carpets Flying Carpets flying cat Flying Circus Flying Circus Aerodrome & Airshow flying clock Flying Cloud Airport Advisory Commission flying colors flying colours Flying Crew Chief Flying Crown Ranch Research Flying Dentists Association Flying disc Flying disc Flying Disc Dog Open Flying Disc Federation of India Flying doctor Flying Doctors Flying Doctors of America Flying Doctors Society of Africa Flying doe flying dragon flying dragon flying dragon Flying Dragons Flying Dragons Flying Dragons flying drainpipe Flying Dutchman Flying Duty Health Screen Flying Duty Medical Examination Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent Collectors Club Flying Eagle cent Flying Electric Generator Flying erase heads Flying erase heads Flying Eye Hospital flying facade flying façade flying field Flying Fifteen Motorcycle Club Flying Fingers Business Solutions Flying Firecrotch Guillotine flying fish flying fish Flying fishes Flying fishes Flying Focus Video Collective flying form flying formwork Flying Fortress flying fox flying fox flying fox flying fox lyssavirus disease Flying Foxes Flying Foxes Flying Foxes flying frog

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

apparition
fantasm
flying
phantasm
phantasma
phantom
Phantom ship
shadow
specter
spectre

Here a second inscription informed me that the painter considered the Flying Dutchman to be no other than the Wandering Jew, pursuing his interminable Journey by sea.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.

Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context

She might have been the very Flying Dutchman, so foul, draggled, and unkempt was every rope and stick aboard.

Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

flying carpet
flying carpet
Flying Carpets
Flying Carpets
flying cat
Flying Circus
Flying Circus Aerodrome & Airshow
flying clock
Flying Cloud Airport Advisory Commission
flying colors
flying colours
Flying Crew Chief
Flying Crown Ranch Research
Flying Dentists Association
Flying disc
Flying disc
Flying Disc Dog Open
Flying Disc Federation of India
Flying doctor
Flying Doctors
Flying Doctors of America
Flying Doctors Society of Africa
Flying doe
flying dragon
flying dragon
flying dragon
Flying Dragons
Flying Dragons
Flying Dragons
flying drainpipe

Flying Dutchman

Flying Duty Health Screen
Flying Duty Medical Examination
Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent Collectors Club
Flying Eagle cent
Flying Electric Generator
Flying erase heads
Flying erase heads
Flying Eye Hospital
flying facade
flying façade
flying field
Flying Fifteen Motorcycle Club
Flying Fingers Business Solutions
Flying Firecrotch Guillotine
flying fish
flying fish
Flying fishes
Flying fishes
Flying Focus Video Collective
flying form
flying formwork
Flying Fortress
flying fox
flying fox
flying fox
flying fox lyssavirus disease
Flying Foxes
Flying Foxes
Flying Foxes
flying frog