flying dutchman

English Thesaurus

1. a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow,
definition	:	something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

2. the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day (noun.person)

hypernym	:	apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre,
definition	:	a ghostly appearing figure (noun.person)