FLYING DUTCHMAN as NOUN

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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