what does Flying Dutchman mean?
FLYING DUTCHMAN as NOUN
- Meaning
- a spectral ship said to be seen in storms, especially off the Cape of Good Hope
Hypernyms(s) Flying Dutchman is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
Hypernyms(s) Flying Dutchman is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
Hypernyms(s) Flying Dutchman is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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