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albatross
noun
The Ancient Mariner
Definition of
albatross noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
albatross
noun
ˈælbətrɒs
ˈælbətrɔːs
ˈælbətrɑːs
1
a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans
2
[
usually singular
]
(
formal
)
a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing something
The national debt is an albatross around the president's neck.