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Definition of: Flying Dutchman
1. A spectral Dutch ship supposed to be seen near the Cape of Good Hope in stormy weather: an omen of bad luck.
2. The captain of this ship, doomed to sail the seas forever for his sins: subject of an opera (1843) by Richard Wagner.
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