Flying Dutchman
- a fabled Dutch sailor condemned to sail the seas off the Cape of Good Hope until Judgment Day
- his ghostly ship, considered a bad omen by sailors who think they see it
See Flying Dutchman in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(flīˈĭng)
noun- A spectral ship said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope.
- The captain of this ship, a legendary Dutch mariner condemned to sail the seas against the wind until Judgment Day.