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albatross (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from alcatras type of water bird (16-19 centuries), from Portuguese or Spanish alcatraz 'pelican', from Arabic al-gattas 'the diver';]
[Sense: 2; Origin: from the dead albatross that brought bad luck to the sailor who killed it in the poem The Ancient Mariner (1798) by S. T. Coleridge]
a very large white sea bird
an albatross (around your neck)
something that causes problems for you and prevents you from succeeding
::The issue has become a political albatross for the government.