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Flying Dutchman

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Fly·ing Dutchman  (flng)
n.
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
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Noun1.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"


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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
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