Noun flying dutchman has 3 senses
- Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
--1 is a kind of apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre
- Flying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
--2 is a kind of apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, shadow
- Flying Dutchman - a spectral ship said to be seen in storms, especially off the Cape of Good Hope
--3 is a kind of ship
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