Definition of "albatross"

Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.  examples

Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.  examples

(golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.  examples

(figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.  quotations  examples